The Breakthrough Institute: Quote of the Day, 3/20/09: Print This

The Breakthrough Institute is a small think tank with big ideas. Breakthrough is committed to creating a new progressive politics, one that is large, aspirational, and asset-based. We believe that any effective politics must speak to core needs and values, not issues and interests, and we thus situate ourselves at the intersection of politics, policy, philosophy, and the social sciences.

"We have to invest in our intellectual capability, because it is the intellectual horsepower of the country that will create new wealth."

-- Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu speaking this afternoon at an energy forum sponsored by the The Washington Post and Siemens.

Posted by Tyler Burton on March 21, 2009 1:07 AM