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"I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal."
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"The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena."

"A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything."

"'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'"

"In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred."

"If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone."

"The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all."

"I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings."

"Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican."
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"Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities."

"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."

"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."

"There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics."

"Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices."

"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."

"If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?"

"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."
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