The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

I dare to imagine a country where every child I hold in my hands, are all God's children, regardless of the color of their skin, regardless of whether they're boy or girl, regardless of religion, regardless of rich or poor, that every child I hold in my hands, will have the same chance to reach her full potential or his full potential. That is the goodness of our country. That is the essence of the American dream.

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the quality of human life while at the same time respecting the natural environment which sustains it: 'Not a heaven on earth but a better earth on earth.' This is not at all a timid agenda, far from it. The work ahead of us is enormous!

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.