• "...when we talk about politics,... [I'm told] that we are deepening the echoing chamber. That by spouting out my liberal viewpoints, I'm chasing off everybody who might disagree with me and and ending all opportunity for discourse.
• But look: I am ME. I have MY values, and I have MY worldview, and I believe things. Like global warming is caused by people and it will be one of the biggest challenges humanity will ever face together. And it's ludicrous that we spent so much time denying the joy of marriage to people just because of the people they happen to love.
• And just like I think the government shouldn't have spent all those years discriminating against people because of their sexual orientation, I don't think that it should be legal for businesses to do that. And creating and feeding an irrational fear of people who want to come to America, just like my ancestors wanted to come to America because they believed in the same dream we all believe in? I think that's an effective but dangerous way to gain power.
• I believe that these things are true. And running the country, while denying them, is a bad idea. Do I want to drive away the people who disagree with me? No, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to say the things that I believe. I am me, and I'm here to be all parts of me that I want to be.
• I'm here to be silly, I'm here to be thoughtful, and I'm here to use the platform that I have to fight for the things that I believe in. I'm not here to insult the people who disagree with me, because I want them to watch this more than anyone. But when I see things that I believe in, like human rights and objectivity and liberal democracy, being threatened, I'm not going to not talk about that.
• Because look, we CAN make a difference and we CAN work for the world we want to see. That isn't creating an echo chamber, that's creating change."

- Hank Green