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

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

Without trying, I'm different.

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

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 can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

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