If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines

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

Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.