"I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas." ― Eliot Spitzer Topic(s): Politics More From Eliot Spitzer "The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and – just as the Tea Party did – it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point." "Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror." "After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society." More In Politics "Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world."― Lily Tomlin "The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don’t mix. This is the stock response of the left."― Christopher Lasch "If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal."― Emma Goldman