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

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

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

We all do better, when we all do better.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

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