My mantra about everything that has to do with public policy is: identify and reject the false choice.

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.

Mum is a perfectionist and Dad is a pedant and that was partly why their marriage didn't work so well, Elsa figures. Because a perfectionist and a pedant are two very different things.

Home runs just come from accidents by me, ... I just try to hit it solid and sometimes they go out. The record is nice to have but I'm not trying to hit them.

When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for generations who didn't know the man and didn't know the era in which he lived.

... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing.

I hate reality shows like Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity. I'd rather watch a goldfish bowl.

The bottomline in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.

Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

For me, Warhol made so much sense.

I circumnavigate the globe with a one-liner like latitude.

I am of the opinion that we shouldn't turn away from Europe. We have to find ways to revitalize our relations.