Politics is not about power.

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

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 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 was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

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