Benjamin Todd Jealous

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.

The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.