When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice
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Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the read more
Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the priorities of the American people. It sounds simple, but it’s not happening today, and I know you’re as frustrated with Washington as I am
In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star read more
In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many read more
Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many American editors and publishers.
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate read more
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.
Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.
Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the read more
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.
I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
