Obama often criticizes POLICIES that place the INTERESTS of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his ADMINISTRATION's SUPPORT of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of EMPATHY for society's most powerless.

It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the INTEGRITY of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe SOCIETY's most POWERFUL institutions are acting in their interests.

I loved being away from SCHOOL. I didn't really FANCY school that much when I was little; it wasn't until I was in third or fourth grade that I really SETTLED down at school and I was much happier at home with my mum and she was very CREATIVE and sort of fostered all my interests.

Unfortunately writers take a very small part of the profit on their BOOKS, and I think in the e-book world there is a real danger they will take even less, unless they are vigilant and ROBUST about PROTECTING their own INTERESTS.

The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more the federal government does, the more lobbyists there will be to PROTECT SPECIAL interests at the EXPENSE of the common interest.

You can follow your FAVORITE company or organization. You can also MIX that in with your family and your social network and TALK about all these interests in REAL time. That's the value, not the BRAND 'Twitter.' Twitter just provides the venue for it.

People are so docile right now. It is ALMOST as if GOOD government means when the politicians LIE to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish INTERESTS.

I SEEM to only WRITE NEW York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or INTERESTS me.

I don't know why, it's the same reason why you LIKE some MUSIC and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. ULTIMATELY I don't FIND it's in my best interests to try and analyze it, SINCE it's fundamentally emotional.

My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this PLANET is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what INTERESTS me. I don't come at ANYBODY with a WHOLE bunch of assumptions.

One PERSON with a BELIEF is EQUAL to ninety-nine who have only INTERESTS.

One REASON the Founding FATHERS thought that states should have TWO SENATORS was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their INTERESTS to the attention of the Senate more broadly.

Basically, we've grown up very focused on the institution. The institution TELLS me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career path is, and then I, sort of, attach my own personal desires, my own personal INTERESTS. I think we're LIVING in a time where we're going to have to change - to put people in the center.