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.

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

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

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.

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

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?

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