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

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

We all do better, when we all do better.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.

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.

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