I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

In life, you achieve nirvana when you learn to love unconditionally.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.

Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.

Celebrity is intoxicating.

But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.