From kindergarten to graduation I went to public schools and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.
The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.
You can't win with some people. If you're not in government you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack and it's a bit ridiculous.
My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.
So you can say 'Get Big Government out of here and don't tell me what to eat ' but when kids are going to school and they're being fed junk we're pretty much telling them what to eat and we're telling them junk is OK.
If I was afraid of being killed I would never speak out against the government.
Thankfully due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about.
I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government but not to the point of being a libertarian.
The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned stop conning yourself.
People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.
Women ought to have representatives instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online putting legislation online.
Secrecy being an instrument of conspiracy ought never to be the system of a regular government.
Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government they assume that its might makes it right.
We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look at some point you cease being a free economy and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
On account of being a democracy and run by the people we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years no matter what it does.
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.