Clint Eastwood
Clint was elected Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1986. Clint was ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. Clint served in the U.S. Army. Clint was sworn in as parks commissioner for state of California at Big Basin Redwood Park, Santa Cruz, CA, 8 June 2002. Clint received an honorary Cesar award in Paris, France for his body of work. Clint received the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
"At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press going to make it look heroic for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? At Ruby Ridge, there was one guy in a cabin at the top of the mountain. Was it necessary for federal agents to go up there and shoot a 14-year-old in the back and shoot a woman with a child in her arms? What kind of mentality does that?"
"Those in power get jaded, deluded, and seduced by power itself. The hunger for absolute power and, more to the point, the abuse of power, are part of human nature."