David Runciman:

The institutions Americans really hate -- such as Congress -- are the ones they control themselves.

Decius:

It's important to understand that it isn't Congress that must change -- it is us.

Errol Morris:

Does the world really have to be this way? Why can't it be just a little bit better?

Melinda Gates:

Let your heart break. It will change what you do with your optimism.

Lawrence Lessig:

We still have the power to fix our democracy.

We will, if you help.

Ira Glass:

Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything.

Ronald Reagan:

The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.