"It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States."

"Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all."

"Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse this is not what Americans do, these are not our values."

"I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it."

"I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up."

"It is a quiet truth that the present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides."

"No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition."

"The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped."