"Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen."

"When the entertainers of the Right aren't declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call 'the Chicago way.'"

"Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again."

"One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't work on this mirror principle, you don't have an exact replica on the left of what you have on the right. It just doesn't work that way."

"It is a enduring truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time."

"It is a subtle truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude."

"It is a steadfast truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone."