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 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.

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

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

I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.