Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

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

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

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.

There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political activists. This is a simple, irreducible, indisputable aspiration. It is the 'dream of justice' for a beloved community, in which the level of terror in people's lives is sharply reduced or maybe eliminated. 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.

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