I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.
From Marianne Williamson
An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.
I don't think I represent some new category. I think I do represent kind of a freethinker.
America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.
The Latin root of the word 'politics' means 'of the people.' Politics is about something bigger than electoral politics; in that sense, I feel like I'm already involved.
I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.
Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.
Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most of us feel it.
If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office.
The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even mention it at this point - is that ours is to be a government 'of the people, by the people, for the people.'
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