Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

I think that the Democrats can be successful nationally in the future if we are able to capture some of the complexity of people's lives right now.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

What I want to try to do is unify the two wings of the Democratic Party. What's considered the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party - the more centrist wing of the party. I think we can craft an approach that is more American, pro-worker, pro-business, pro-growth.

The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose.

We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.

The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.