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The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one.

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.

I just found over the years that it's very hard to change people's perception of what it is that you do.

I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift.

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions.

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.

I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.