The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

Paul Wellstone

Without trying, I'm different.

Without trying, I'm different.

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

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

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live.

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live.

We can remake the world daily.

We can remake the world daily.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

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.

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.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

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.

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

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