Truth Be Tolled

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:  if it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it.  And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

--Ronald Reagan

Democracies die behind closed doors.

--Written by the Honorable Judge Damon Keith, in a 2002 federal court ruling 

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.”

--Gandhi

The primary responsibility of the media is accountability of government.

--Tim Russert

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

--Paul Wellstone

Wellstone, a two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota, was killed in a plane crash on October 25, 2002, eleven days before midterm elections.

His two sons now run the Wellstone Action Network.

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

--George Bernard Shaw

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

--Saul Alinsky

We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.

--President Jimmy Carter

Accidents, try to change them it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

--Pablo Picasso

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

--Thomas Paine, quoted by Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson at the press conference for TURF's MPO lawsuit

Bad Faith: A term used by Jean-Paul Sartre for self-deception and the deception of others caused by denying one's freedom of choice and one's responsibility for making decisions.

Fatalism: The belief that "what will be will be," since all past, present and future events are predetermined by God or other voters.