Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
I like the House. The House is where you can effect the most change. It's such a fast-moving dynamic body compared to the Senate.
It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.
Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.
Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.
As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.
The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway.
The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.
Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.
For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.
The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.
Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.
I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.
Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.
It is possible that strong levels of belief in God, gods, spirits or the supernatural might have given our ancestors considerable comforts and advantages.
As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
