“I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.”
“California is not just the Golden State. We are also the Internet State.”
“We don't have to let extremists define us.”
“I can imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.”
“Cheaters don't like getting caught.”
“We deserve a president with the knowledge and experience to reassure a nation weary of tweets, lies, and incompetence. And we deserve a president who speaks to the best of who we are and challenges us to live up to our ideals.”
“I've fought against transnational gangs. I took on the biggest banks and helped take down one of the biggest for-profit colleges. I know a predator when I see one.”
“My mother... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don't know what's wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”
“What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.”
“When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.”
“We must demonstrate to the American people that in our system of justice all are equal under law, and that there are not two sets of rules, one for Donald Trump and another for everybody else.”
“The American dream belongs to all of us.”
“My mother was very proud of her Indian heritage and taught us, me and my sister Maya, to share in the pride about our culture. We used to go back to India every couple of years.”
“If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender to be president of the United States.”
“Let's keep fighting for the America we believe in, an America free of injustice. An America that we know we can be unburdened by what has been.”
“I am a prosecutor in my bones. When I see something, I immediately go to: how is this going to affect a child?”
“I mean, I grew up in a community where people took care of each other. I grew up in a community where my mother, my parents, my extended family really wanted for children to be nurtured and challenged and not harmed.”
“I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.”
“Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.”
“My mother tells the story about how I'm fussing and she's like, 'Baby, what do you want? What do you need?' And I just looked at her and I said, 'Fweedom.'”
“Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.”
“I know that every trial requires fairness and truth. Any trial that abandons the pursuit of truth cannot be considered fair or just.”
“My mother cooked like a scientist. She had a giant Chinese-style cleaver that she chopped with, and a cupboard full of spices.”
“I'm opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health, period.”
“When you achieve equality, and freedom, and fairness, it's not because I grant it to you. It's because you fought for it because it is your right. This is not about benevolence or charity; it is about every human being's God-given right.”
