And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

I want to rebuild America.

Im committed to universal health coverage and education.

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of support for symbols of the struggle to keep African-Americans in bondage.