“I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything till we, the outsiders, force them to adopt it.” WantLittlesRealForceOutsidersLittle TimeReal ChangeLawmakers Author:Lawrence Lessig
“If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.” IfsWantCan DoDo Whatever You Want Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“Here's what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We're the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so.” NeedsPersonsGuyPartyPoliticianDrinkCongressCorruptionVideoDistractionTubesChecking Out Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants.” WayWantGivingAbleStreetsWallCampaignsFundGopBlackmail Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Sometimes you are ahead of people and sometimes people have blind spots. They can't see the world and they can't see what they do.” PeopleWorldSometimesBlindSpotsBlind Spots Author:David Shapiro
“There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved. Regardless of the good in those ideas, it wouldn't.” PeopleIfsStillsIdeasWould BeSpeechIllusionCorporations Author:Lawrence Lessig
“We all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation.” ThinkingWayDifferentCertainMemoriesPerspectiveCoupleDegreesPerceptionFoundationOur FamilyShakesOver YouDifferent Perspective Author:David Shapiro
“I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture of corruption is different in different countries. The corruption we suffer is not the same as the corruption that debilitates Africa. But it is both corruption, and both need to be eliminated if the faith in democracy is not going to be destroyed.” IfsNeedsIdeasDifferentCountryBigsSufferingDemocracyMovementCorruptionArchitectureDestroyedSupporterRecognizingDifferent Countries Author:Lawrence Lessig
“There is a lot of silence in watching somebody trying to remember things.” TryingRememberSilence Author:David Shapiro
“I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.” ThinkingBelieveFactsStoriesInfluenceCamerasIdeologyCinema Author:David Shapiro