I know from my own experience that you've got to be ready on day one. There is just too much unpredictable threat and danger in the world today to try to just say wait, I'll get to that when I can. That is just not an acceptable approach.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

I want a country where citizens like you and your family are just as welcome as anyone else.

Donald Trump's talking down our democracy. And I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.

It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left behind, they think the economy has failed them, they think our government has failed, they can't stand the gridlock and dysfunction in our politics, and I'm determined to produce more good jobs with rising incomes, and deal with all of the concerns that families have about education, college affordability, student debt.