Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

We all do better, when we all do better.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better

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

We need a new kind of citizenship, so that we can see citizens as themselves earning the rank of patriot because of their involvement in their community affairs....We as a society need to be encouraging people to focus not just on individual wants but on serving the larger community.