I travel around the world in a way that tries to open my mind and give me empathy and inspire me to come home and make this world a better place. Rick Steves More Quotes by Rick Steves More Quotes From Rick Steves Fear is for people who don’t get out very much. Rick Steves people I've traveled all over the country. Look at the East Coast. They just can't hardly believe how far along we are and in their world it feels like they're still behind. They're on the dark side of the moon. Rick Steves dark believe country I think that people don't realize that the sky will not fall when we legalize marijuana. My contention all along has been use will not go up when it's legalized. We'll just take the crime out of it. It's already a huge black market economy. Rick Steves marijuana fall thinking If you can get conservatives to sit down for 20 minutes and listen to you on drug policy reform you might have a good chance to - if not convert them - at least respect your opinion. Rick Steves reform drug might I think it will be pretty hard to deny the fact that prohibition of marijuana is on its way out. Rick Steves marijuana way thinking We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic country, but we've come a long way in that regard. And we still got a war on marijuana and have come along in that regard. Rick Steves marijuana war country There's a huge difference between the more progressive and more regressive parts of America. That's just the way it is. Rick Steves differences america way It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to come out on the side of drug law reform. Right now, they don't care about drug safety. They just care about their standing with the electorate. Rick Steves self law thinking I've got an efficiency and a guerrilla approach ... plus a unique synergy where everything I do helps everything else because it's overlapping. Rick Steves efficiency unique helping I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana is a civil liberty. Rick Steves apology fun believe Self-consciousness kills communication. Rick Steves consciousness communication self I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective. Rick Steves bulgarians perspective way