We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another.
The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.