Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that.

You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.

No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?

Every parent wants to do what's best for their child. Whatever I can afford, I'm going to get my kid the best education I can get.

Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for.

I say stupid white men are always the problem. That's never going to change.