Dave Obey's story reminds us that in a city of quicksand it is still possible to stand on principle as a servant of your ideals and the public. - Bill Moyers, author of Moyers on America ""Raising Hell for Justice is a powerful and enlightening political memoir by one of America's all-time great legislators. Obey is one of a vanishing breed in Congress whose entire career in public life has been committed to both advancing a principled agenda and working constructively with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to hammer out agreements that advance that agenda. Obey burns with a passion sparked by his childhood experience growing up in an economically vulnerable working class family and channeled into politics and policy-making by his embrace of Catholic social justice and La Follette progressivism. His compelling memoir demonstrates how ennobling and satisfying a career in the first branch of government can be."" - Thomas E. Mann, W. Averell Harriman Chair and senior fellow in governance studies, Brookings Institution ""A stirring memoir of a political warrior who has spent four decades fighting for social justice. But Obey's book is also indispensable reading for those of all political persuasions who wish to understand how Congress has functioned - and sometimes not functioned - in modern times. Wisconsin Badgers will also relish the light Obey casts on the politics of his state and his elegiac memories of student life at its university."" - Graham K. Wilson, chair, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison