What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live.

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

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.

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