We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.

We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the only people who have the right to say that are some Native Americans.

What I would advise, what I advised before the election, and what I will continue to advise after the election, is that elections matter; voting matters; organizing matters; being informed on the issues matter.

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.