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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Emphasize
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- Nov 07, 2020
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.
- Farm
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Liberal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.
- Should
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is not about money.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is not about power.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.
- Nov 07, 2020
We can remake the world daily.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
- Nov 07, 2020
Without trying, I'm different.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
- Credit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
- Nov 07, 2020