Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that.
It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.
With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.
It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.
Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.
I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.