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.

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

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.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

No woman should be told she can't make her own decisions about her body. If women's reproductive rights come under attack, I will be standing up for women.

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.

Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen.

Human beings, to me, are rather like electrical appliances that need to be charged regularly, and prayer is a way of plugging into that charge.

Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful.

People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.

I count myself lucky to be fairly anonymous but occasionally have people tell me nice things.

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

There's a saying that goes, 'The universe gives you a whisper, then a nudge, then a push and then an anvil on your head.

If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.