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

As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

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

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

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

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