If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight.

Don't be afraid of hard work.

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.

Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.