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The fact that, in the United States, there are people serving ten-year prison terms for growing marijuana plants in thei — Mark Haskell Smith, Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup
Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a poin — Noam Chomsky
In the years preceding the Civil War in America, Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery. — Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates. — Jon Stewart
Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror. — DaShanne Stokes
Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression wi — Tiffany Madison
To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations
Free elections don't always result in fair elections. — DaShanne Stokes
An institution rooted in slavery can never set us free. — DaShanne Stokes
These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New — Paul Krugman
Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California — Tiffany Madison
...never [enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the — Thomas Jefferson
In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our ha — Julia Child, My Life in France
The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them. — Christopher Hitchens, The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens
Try to look at causes and solve problems. Do not concentrate on military solutions. Do not seek military solutions. Terr — Eqbal Ahmed
Don't write in to ask whether I would prefer Gingrich to Clinton. Ask, rather, whether Clinton prefers Gingrich to you. — Christopher Hitchens
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of — Noam Chomsky, The Culture of Terrorism
The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were both justified by an appeal to the emancipation of women, and the discourse o — Nina Power, One Dimensional Woman
In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take. — Adlai E. Stevenson II
That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication — Tariq Ali, The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad