A robust democracy requires active participation.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

He was a big believer in the cause of democracy, in public participation,

Ultimately in a democracy you cannot have both participation in elected office and participation in armed militia. They are simply incompatible.

Our challenge is to stop people from driving drunk. Punishing them afterwards doesn't bring back the victim or make the family feel better. The idea is to stop the DWI before it happens.

My grandmother was not a U.S. citizen. Growing up along the border, you see the real human side of immigration - not the picture often drawn by politicians far removed from the border.