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

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.

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.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

Poor or rich, black or white, quiet or naughty, mentally defective or sharp-witted, thin or fat, all children are great!

You are the slave of your mind!

When Nietszche says, "A new commandment I give to you, be hard" he is really saying, "A new commandment I give to you, be dead." Sensibility is the definition oflife.

We have some fast guys out there. It's always fun to compete with each other at practice in the outfield. It's going to be a fun year out there.

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive "examination hell. "

If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold.

I'm nothing if not redundant! I also repeat myself.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

Community is like a big family.