“There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.”

“The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”

“This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.”

“When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.”

“There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.”

“The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.”

“It is worse than useless to do things halfway Bee, for then you think the work is done, but someone must come behind you later to do it all over again. Even if you must work much harder and get les...”

“Youre worth ever bead of sweat and every groan of frustration. Youre worth the work, youre worth the wait, youre worth everything I have to give you. I moved closer, so our foreheads were pressed t...”

“The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.”