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I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I know I could make a difference by supporting the right causes.

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

I am a very instinctive Conservative. I have created a welfare system where it pays to work. I have created independent schools within the state sector bringing excellence to children wherever they are.

I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible.

I'm a conservative, but with a focus on average people. For instance, I support Social Security and Medicare.

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.