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" 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. "

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

" A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We can remake the world daily. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party. "

" Politics is not about power. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. "

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

" Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives. "

" The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be? "

" Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives. "