The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.

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.

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

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

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