You can't be neutral on a moving train.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.

Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

The function of traditional history is to create a citizenry that looks to the top - the president, Congress, the Supreme Court - to make the important decisions. That's what traditional history is all about: the laws that were passed, the decisions made by the court. So much of history is built around "the great men." All of that is very anti-democratic.

What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" - and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change.