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

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" Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. "

" I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal. "

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" Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. "

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

" 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. "

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" We can remake the world daily. "

" Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. "

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

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