The future is now. Roll up your sleeves and let your passion flow. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
The press has let the country down. It's taken a very amoral stand, in that essential issues are often portrayed as simply one side says this and the other side says that. I think that Fox News and the Republican right have intimidated the press into an incredible self-consciousness about appearing objective and backed them into a corner of sorts where they have ceded some of their responsibility and righteous power.
Unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country.
I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.
Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
I guess my view of America is of a real bighearted country, real compassionate.
The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my country, which he really is - were things that just didn't fit when I went to do my job. You know, I'd come out of a somewhat different circumstance and shoes - the clothes just didn't fit.
