Bill Moyers Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.”

“America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.”

“The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience - there and then gone.”

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

“Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.”

“War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.”

“As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.”

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

“I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.”

“We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.”