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

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" The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society. "

" The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better. "

" Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. "

" Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. "

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

" The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible. "

" Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. "

" 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. "

" Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine. "

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

" If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? "

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" I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. "

" Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. "

" The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. "

" As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy. "

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" There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. "

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