Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states.

The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've got contradictory senses of various issues and policy positions and I don't think that either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party necessarily capture their deepest dreams when those parties are described in caricature or in policy terms.

I can't even get a credit card without three credit bureaus saying I'm good enough.

There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we actually pursued was the wrong course.

My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights.

What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.