If money education and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege as much equality as they bring to any American citizen then they are to me a curse and not a blessing.
Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.
There will always be a place for us somewhere somehow as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have everything they hope to get for dignity equality democracy to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life.
Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
If bringing up the next generation is important why aren't they the best qualified the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?
Education brings about opportunity and in turn inspiration.
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks it's what children bring into school with them.
What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?