Nobody had a credit card when I was a kid. No one had credit card debt. But these big companies and banks wanted to know how to get more money out of people - get them charging things.

The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.

I want us all to face our fears and stop behaving like our goal in life is to merely survive. "Surviving" is for wimps and game show contestants stranded in the jungle or on a desert island. You are not stranded. You own the store....You deserve better.

Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

You survive by having your fear compass calibrated correctly. Our compass is off now because we're being told to be afraid of everything. The things that we're frightened of, or told to be frightened of, are not necessarily the things that we need to fear.

I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something.

Every parent wants to do what's best for their child. Whatever I can afford, I'm going to get my kid the best education I can get.