"You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Ron Wyden

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“Fear is always a good motivator.”
“Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods.”
“The world without spirit is a wasteland. People have the notion of saving the world by shifting things around, changing the rules, and who's on top, and so forth.Â No, no! Any world is a valid world if it's alive. The thing to do is to bring life to it, and the only way to do that is to find in your own case where the life is and become alive yourself.”
“The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.”

Source : "Subjects That Interest Most People". Interview with Amy Feltman, logger.believermag.com. July 20, 2015.
“Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

Source : John Kenneth Galbraith (2001). “The Essential Galbraith”, p.241, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.”
“At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.”
“Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.”

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