Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business.

There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.

Americans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully and fight for our own values and policies.

People in red states and blue states can agree that clean air is better than dirty air; therefore we should use clean energy where we can.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

[I wish no one ever asked me ] "Did you sign that petition implicating the Bush Administration in 9/11?" Because I never signed it, and I hate being vilified for a controversial idea I never espoused.

I think there's going to be a tug of war in this country over who are the real patriots because at a time of national crisis, economic collapse and calamity, ecological peril and social dislocation, the American people deserve to be a partner to the American government.