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.
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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?
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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.
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Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.
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Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.
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What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
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Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
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The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
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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.
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There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.
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