The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can lift us to a new, green economy - one with the power to lift people out of poverty while respecting and repairing the environment.

For me, I think that the struggle around how to deal with Islam in the United States is the defining moral struggle of this half of the new century.

I saw in the Nineties that we were increasing police power with get tough policies and 3 strikes laws, but without additional oversights.

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

Audacity is the currency for authoritarians.

We're going to bake this planet, and be a curse to all species, including our own, if we don't find an alternative to carbon-based fuel. That's the #1 problem.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.