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"The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people."
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"The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together."

"The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush."

"A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both."

"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it."

"The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated."

"This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs."

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

"The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order."

"I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well."
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"It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons."


"Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?"


"Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle."


"Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed."


"Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that."


"No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it."


"I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?"


"The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that."
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