We are out of the ditch, we're standing, we're walking, but we're not running. I want to grow the economy.

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.

We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side. Make no mistake, today, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status.

It should never be a crime to be gay.

Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.

We finally need to pass a prohibition on anyone who's on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in America. If you're too dangerous to fly, you are too dangerous to buy a gun.

I believe that marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.