Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.

When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

I have seen hate born of fear, hate speaking in the name of God and truth, hate holding up a distorting mirror to fellow human beings.

Martin Luther King subpoened the nation's conscience. He was killed for it.

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

Television is a medium. It is neither rare nor well done.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not closed and life is not static.

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one

How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?

If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog.

Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

People who don't believe in government are likely to defy our government.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.

I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time

Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in the festering slums of our Irish towns.