Who's the big government guy? These labels are nonsense. And the Tea Party, if you want to call them working class, you know, a working-class insurgency from below, they are a mass of contradictions; they don't have a single consistent viewpoint; but part of their impulse is to be wary of government.

I don't think of myself as a particularly nostalgic person.

There are things about classic liberalism that obviously I'm drawn to and I bet all of you are as well. Those are things like liberty, freedom, the Bill of Rights. But the reason that I reject the label is that I grew up cutting my teeth against the liberals.

The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in Vietnam.

Education is a right, it's a journey, it's a process, and it's something we have to stand for, as hard as it is.

I'm not disappointed in [Barack] Obama. He said who he is; he's doing what he said he would do.

I know that's a little jarring, coming from a Weatherman, but what I mean by being humble is doubting if your action did anything. So you have to open your eyes, act and doubt. And then you have to repeat for a lifetime.