“The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.” — Mahatma Gandhi …

“There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.” — Gore Vidal

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“Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” — Yuri Kochiyama …

“Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.” — Yuri Kochiyama …

We’ll take a look at California’s June 3rd elections, and dissect in particular, the two state-wide ballot measures. And, we’ll get a constitutional law professor’s assessment of a new proposed state law to curb guns from people with a history of mental illness. Plus, Pakistani journalist Madiha Tahir joins us to discuss US-Pakistan politics, drone, and the recent stoning of a pregnant woman that has drawn world attention. …

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
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“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt …

“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” — Edward Said …

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov …

“In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects.” — Gabor Maté …