I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

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.

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

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.

We all do better, when we all do better.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

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

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can't overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it.

In a marriage, it is not about how who made the money, it is about how it is distributed.

The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.

The only man who can change his mind is the man who's got one.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

How unlike a dead fish a live fish is.

It is just seeing-it is a very simple word-and to be a visionary is to be a seer. The problem is that most people can't see.

Whiteness is ownership of the earth.