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

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

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

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?