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.
There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
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?
I do believe that there's going to be a pretty strong consensus for a very strong .. censure resolution.
The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.
The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.
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.
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
