We can remake the world daily.

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.

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.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal