Quotes about "Politics & Government"

I have never witnessed a concerted effort by any news organization to take a stand one way or the other on a political issue, to damage one particular party or help another. ”

People have been savaged by a predatory economic and political system, and some are turning to Trump. Unfortunately, Trump is just more of the same. ”

Forward movement is a good thing, but I always include that it's not enough, and we have to have a base where we can truly build. That cannot be done inside of the corporate, establishment political parties. ”

Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don't support Hillary; they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don't support him; they just oppose Hillary. ”

We really need a public-interest government that is not taking marching orders from the fossil-fuel industry and the banks and the war profiteers. We really need a government that is acting on our behalf. ”

The mythology is that political change happens only in election years. The truth is you build from election to election. ”

Normally, you cast a pilot, and you have to make compromises about being political about who you cast. ”

Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine. ”

On some sets, if a helicopter goes by, what would normally happen is that somebody would go, 'There's a helicopter. Stop.' I'd never stop for a helicopter. I am always trying to make sure that the machine is in service to the actors. ”

If you want to express yourself, you need the services of a lover or a psychiatrist; if you want to express a book, you might conceivably manage it. ”