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

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.

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

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.

I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.