We're going to do everything we can to make sure workers are treated like assets, not costs.

I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy.

We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.

Barack Obama is a man of great dignity.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

I don't want people who just tell me what they think I want to hear, because that doesn't do me any good.

This country of ours, this system of ours, the rule of law, the opportunity to get an education and go as far as your hard work and ambition will take you, and we created the biggest engine of economic growth in the world, the American middle class.