A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

Three months is a lifetime in politics,

Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.

Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, representatives choose their voters.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?