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

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

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

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

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

Politics is not about power.