[On the Chicago Cubs:] Being a Cubs fan prepares you for life - and Washington.

I think I've set some big goals. The American people haven't had a raise in 15 years. Getting incomes up is a huge goal. Now maybe it's not as exciting to some people, but it's a huge goal.

A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to the same tools of opportunity as men.

I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the late Justice [Antoine] Scalia and there was no argument until then that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulation.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

You can bloom wherever you're planted, if you put enough effort into it.

[Donald Trump ] who has said women don't deserve equal pay unless they do as good a job as men.