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.

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 must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

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

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

We all do better, when we all do better.