Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

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.

Modern Society has turned blind

All mothers are rivers and all rivers, mothers.

Civilization is sterilization.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times.

...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other.

May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness.

True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.

I cannot be a traitor, since I never swore fealty to the English king.