Paul Wellstone

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

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

Politics is not about power.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor.

Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't.