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.

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.

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.

From now on, every Christmas, let's have a tradition where we eat soup out of a can by the fire.

It was the kind of place where hard drinkers came to wrestle their demons while fallen angels drank alone in dark smoky corners.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.

The moving van is a symbol of more than our restlessness, it is the most conclusive evidence possible of our progress.

The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the raving of insanity, superstition gone to seed! I want no part of such a God.

The minute we look, we cease being afraid.

I've come close to death more times than Elizabeth Taylor has said 'I do.'

In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.