Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

We will respond to the threat of climate change

I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.

The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of tribes that can never understand each other, but that we're, rather, one common humanity that can meet and learn and love each other.

Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook.