(47 quotes found)
“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.”
Bill Moyers
“For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.”
“I went to a good public school, played sandlot ball in a good public park, had access to a good public library, drove down a good public highway to a good public college, all made possible by people I never met. There was an unwritten bargain among the generations -- we didn’t all get the same deal, but we did get civilization.”
“... inequality matters ... If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
“Hopefully they're going to tell us 'yes' in February.”
Bill Moyer
“The last couple years we've been in a rebuilding phase. But we've really turned the season around from a few years ago. We have a lot more depth on the team.”
“I think that hotel can vie with the very top hotels in the city.”
“We believe that the study will provide Henderson County with an important tool that analyzes our current status as it relates to children and family issues and point us toward an aggressive strategy to deal with these important issues.”
“The Backbone Campaign is insisting on both accountability AND a bold, inspiring vision for the future. The March for Peace, Justice and Democracy comes at a crucial moment. This march represents and affirms the diversity, unity, and potential of the progressive movement.”
“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.”