"I'm talking about that spark that's deep inside all of us, urging us to keep going, to be bigger than the sum of our parts, to keep reaching for something better, richer, more meaningful and satisfying than what is - or what we're told can be. I'm talking about the Human Spirit. This spirit's our natural democratic impulse that tells us to rebel against the no-good powers that keep shoving past us, stepping on our feet, telling us to get outta the way.
"It's part anger... but the bigger part is hope, a small but constant flicker of belief that we really could create a place, a society I mean, that practices what it preaches. And sometimes, the harder they try to push us back, the brighter that little flicker gets inside us, until it's fueled by enough anger and hope that it becomes a hot flame, and we begin to push back. That's what's pretty special .... the human spirit has a chance here."
"It's an ache, a welling up of white-hot passion for something bigger than another day of work, paying the bills.... When's the last time any politician reached out to tap that caring part of us?"
Jim Hightower
