“I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and...” — Matthew Heineman Quote

“I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.”

“There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon.”

“There's this fascination in America that more is better: we want that procedure. And more is not necessarily better when it comes to health care. We as consumers really need to understand that.”

“I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story.”

“I was fascinated by what motivates men and women to fight for what they believe in.”

“We have a fee-for-service system that rewards quantity, not quality: profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. So doctors order more tests, more procedures, and more drugs - we actually consume more prescription drugs in the U.S. than the rest of the world combined.”

“Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information.”

“All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.”

“Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.”

“Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.”

“An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year - an economy like America's - is not likely to do well over the long haul.”

“The government's objective, broadly expressed, is that all persons, whatever their level of ability, whether they live in town or country, have a right as citizens to a free education of the kind for which they are best fitted and to the fullest extent of their powers.”