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

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.

I have often though morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

I've really come to realize you have to love yourself before you can expect someone else to.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.

The real thing is that sweet joy you feel when you're in the midst of it.

I have seen children dying of hunger. Over against a dying child La Nausee cannot act as a counterweight.

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

Thank you Lord, for being patient with me. For its so hard to see, when my eyes are on me.

G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole.

Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.