Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It’s about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it’s about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

George Washington is the only president who never blamed the previous administration for his troubles.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

If only closed minds came with closed mouths.

During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa.