I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was.

I don't think labels are as important as results.

People are motivated to vote early, to defend core American values.

People are great across America.

I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we go high. And Barack Obama went high, despite Donald Trump's best efforts to bring him down.

My own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect.

I think that the coalition that President [Barack] Obama put together to win twice is a coalition that I can put together and add to.