Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative.