Never separate the life you live 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.

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 don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

I love the freedom of my wings. I love the empty space above the ground. I rejoice in my freedom. Freedom is my religion. Peace is my God. Love is my worship.

Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.

Honesty doesn't mean you reveal everything you discern and feel. That is why we have the word discretion...

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.

No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.

Perhaps we've invented conspiracies for our own psychic well-being, to heal ourselves.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Life is what comes along after you have planned something else.

The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life.