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We're all here in this world for some reason or another. If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it. And for me, the only thing that is a meaningful use of my life is to work to improve the quality of life for people who are disadvantaged. I don't believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born on the other side means that a lot of people should be getting screwed through no fault of their own.

I'm going to do my best to get our country to act in a way that is more compassionate and caring essentially by putting together a large group of people called the "True Majority." We are going to pressure Congress to put more money into providing a decent education for kids, health care for every kid and feeding all of the kids around the world who are dying every day of hunger and starvation. And then when I get done with that, I'll get another life and do something else.