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

As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

We all do better, when we all do better.

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

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!

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

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