We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

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

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

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the quality of human life while at the same time respecting the natural environment which sustains it: 'Not a heaven on earth but a better earth on earth.' This is not at all a timid agenda, far from it. The work ahead of us is enormous!

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.