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Politics is not about power.

Politics is not about power.

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

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

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe...

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe...

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

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

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

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

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those...

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those...

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point...

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point...

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

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

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a...

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a...

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses,...

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses,...

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see...

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see...

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a...

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a...

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test...

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test...

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote...

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote...

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that...

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that...

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard...

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard...

Politics is not about money.

Politics is not about money.

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

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

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.