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" A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. "
Vision
Power
Leader
" A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. "
Charity
More
Less
" Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way. "
Like
Age
I See
" For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. "
Seventy
Line
Cow
" I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations. "
Business
Think
Calories
" If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists. "
Sugar
Meant
He
" I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' "
Political
Me
Father
" I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. "
More
Leadership
Leaders
" It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people. "
Growing
Hear
Away
" John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. "
Oil
Name
You
" Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret. "
Sex
Business
Today
" No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling. "
Without
Gambling
Organized
" Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy. "
Moral
Serious
Vote
" Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I. "
Us
Crown
Did
" People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans. "
People
Technology
Hear
" President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. "
People
Government
Off
" The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. "
Democracy
People
Politics
" The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. "
Leadership
Followers
More
" The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests. "
Interests
Party
Become
" The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference. "
Difference
Only
Hit
" There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. "
Daily
Citizenship
Democracy
" The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. "
Energy
Solar
Sun
" Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. "
Turn
Politics
You
" Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. "
Money
Choice
Trust
" We must strive to become good ancestors. "
Become
Good
Must
" Your best teacher is your last mistake. "
Last
Your
Teacher
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