As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.
- Marshall McLuhan, July 21, 1911 – Dec. 31, 1980

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No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.
- George McGovern, born July 19, 1922
I think it's fair to talk about those things in quiet rooms ...
- Mitt Romney

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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
- Pauline Kael, film critic - June 19, 1919-Sept. 3, 2001

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"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
- John F. Kennedy, May 29, 1917-Nov. 22, 1963

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"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."
"Government is the means by which all the people, acting together, do for themselves, those things in which they cannot do one by one. That is the great principle of government. The things that government must do has changes as human society has changed. But that principle remains the same."
"It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
- Hubert H. Humphrey, May 27, 1911-Jan. 13, 1978

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"If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.'"
- Sir Ian McKellan, born May 25, 1939

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"More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion."
- Harvey Milk, May 22, 1930–Nov. 27, 1978

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"[T]here is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life."
- Sen. Al Franken, born May 21, 1951

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"Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite."
- Frank Capra, May 18, 1897-Sept. 3, 1991
(Something tells me Mr. Capra would be routing for the Tea Party turnaround right about now.)

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“I’m not familiar with precisely what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was.”
– Mitt Romney, May 17, 2012

What Romney said about Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in a February interview with Sean Hannity, was that he didn’t think Obama understood “that Judeo Christian philosophy is an integral part of our foundation … I’m not sure which is worse: him listening to Rev. Wright or him saying we must be a less-Christian nation.”

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