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"Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better."
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"My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values."
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."
"A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you."
"We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him."
"You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."
"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."
"Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society."
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