I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.

It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents?

My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey.

It just seems so fundamental to me. I'm able to marry the person I wanted to marry. That's the fundamental human imperative. Those of us who have been lucky enough should expand these rights to others.

My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.

Determination gets you a long way.

For me it's just so exciting to have a daughter because I do think she will have even more opportunities than I had, and I had more opportunities than certainly my grandmother had. It's the arc of history, always bending toward justice and opportunity, and she will be part of that.