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.

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

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

Politics is not about power.

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

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

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.