The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political activists. This is a simple, irreducible, indisputable aspiration. It is the 'dream of justice' for a beloved community, in which the level of terror in people's lives is sharply reduced or maybe eliminated. It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.

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.

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

Politics is not about power.

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