"Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from the citizenry. It is about responsible government. We have to get our fellow Americans to trust their leaders less and themselves more, trust their own questions and suspicions, and their own desire to know what is going on."

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Source : Michael Parenti (2004). “Superpatriotism”, p.81, City Lights Books

Michael Parenti

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“I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.”

Source : "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Book by John Foxe, March 20, 1563.
“I love a good play, but they're too hard to find.”
“I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have.”

Source : "Jemima Kirke Will Be an Actress Yet". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. November 10, 2010.
“As Stephanie and Lula were going after the bad guys, Lula was making preparations from the trunk of her Firebird. Stephanie looked inside and stopped breathing for a beat. "That's a rocket launcher!" "Yep," Lula said. "It's a big boy. I got it at a yard sale in the projects.”
“The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced.”
“The cheaper the stock, the better the outlook for future returns.”

Source : "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, ch. 4, Payoffs to the Five families, p. 50, 1999.
“If you bring somebody into the band you are going to be with them a lot whether it's in the studio, on the tour bus, or at dinner every night; you want somebody you enjoy being around. You don't want an annoying guy .”

Source : Source: myglobalmind.com
“People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.”

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