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

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

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.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

I dare to imagine a country where every child I hold in my hands, are all God's children, regardless of the color of their skin, regardless of whether they're boy or girl, regardless of religion, regardless of rich or poor, that every child I hold in my hands, will have the same chance to reach her full potential or his full potential. That is the goodness of our country. That is the essence of the American dream.