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

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and….

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

Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives..

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 int….

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development,….

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of….

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live..

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine altern….

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

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

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

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….

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..

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

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

Politics is not about power..

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 ab….

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….

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 ….

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 th….