We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

I'm fascinated by the ways people under repressive regimes still manage to share information - and joy.

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.