We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

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.

The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

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.

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives.

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.