“Sometimes people say, you know, you’re 78, all that stuff, and you’ve been doing this for a long time — But should I be quitting now? When you look out and you talk to these beautiful, beautiful young people who want to move this country forward in such a decent, humane way, it really does inspire me. And to the degree that I have gotten those folks involved in the political process, yeah, I am very proud of that. I don’t know that I’ve ever done anything in my life more important than that.”
He is a league above any other presidential candidate I've seen in my life, and the most prominent political figure of the left in America. Of course he's got problems, and he has made decisions that leftists have questioned, but it's hard not see a principled, compassionate person behind it all. And more importantly, I think his style of politics, combative but not caustic, has done a great deal of good for left wing movements and candidates in this country.