“We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves ...” — Gavin Newsom Quote

“We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for them.”

“If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.”

“One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.”

“Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the Ford Foundation, or 'The Nation' magazine - you need progressive institutions, you know what I mean? Those are important institutions to make sure that the government functions.”

“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”