I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.

I'm going to use the White House and every tool at my disposal as your president to make the case that patriotism is profitable.

I am going to ensure that LGBTQ Americans have full equality under the law and address the urgent crisis of violence against transgender women of color.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems posed by jihadi extreme terrorism, we need to understand it and realize that it has antecedents to what happened in Iraq and we have to continue to be vigilant about it.

I think we need to invest more in America.

I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio.