s. quigley is the author "just another town." it's an hour and a half. >> it's a great pleasure to introduce joan quigley. she is both an attorney and a

s. quigley is the author "just another town." it's an hour and a half. >> it's a great pleasure to introduce joan quigley. she is both an attorney and a journalist. she's the author of two books, church town" and " mary material." "the day the earth caved in," and "american mining tragedy" published in 2007. and in 2005 she received the distributed by the colombia journalism foundation. she is a graduate of princeton. william & mary law school and the columbia journalism school. "theriting has appeared in washington post," "time" magazine, national geographic and the daily beast. some of the books she's enjoyed pulpit" by"the bully doris kearns. and "the strange career of james crow" by van woodward. [applause] joan: thank you, roger. i need to thank all of you for coming out today. thank you for the wilson center, has h.a., the center who shown an interest in this project. i'm thrilled to be here. i'm happy to be here especially during women's history month and am hoping we can have a great conversation about mary church materia

s lately. i i mean, they're embarrassing as a culture. [laughter] people can find ways to save millions of lives and not make anywhere near the amount of money that some little quigley app for some ididiotic whim that is promoted, ok? but there are people in silicon valley--you should try to bring them together for a dinner. i would be glad to attend----who i can show can leave a legacy with their heads so high that it would reach the sky. because the country's ripe-- we're a country that has so many problems we don't deserve and solutions we don't apply. and that's the democracy gap. and to get it changed,d, we need field organizers; we need media; we need expenses. and these-- billionaires, without having to persuade them. you go where their own sense of justice is already indicated, like buffett on taxes. he thinks he should not pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. we can show him how it can be done.. now, this comes from many a year of going into the corridors in capitol hill in the office. i know their psychology. i know their vulnerability. i know how they can be shamed. and i know how theyey can be led to hold their head high as well. let me just end on t