I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here read more

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering read more

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for read more

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves.They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith.

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith.

Where there is no vision a people perish.

Where there is no vision a people perish.

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as read more

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.