We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

I want to make change, but I've already made change. I will continue to make change. I'm not just running on a promise of change.

Often those who are denied rights are least empowered to bring about the changes they seek.

When I was young, I really identified with Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, particularly the character of Jo. The book was written at a time when there weren't as many options for women and girls as there are now. Jo really struggled with that. She wanted to write, to work, to help her family.

Every day, no matter what is happening around me, I consciously try to discipline my own feelings and my mind about what I have to be grateful for, because by any stretch of the imagination - even during the worst times when people are accusing me of things and doing all that they do - I'm a very lucky person.

We have undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire. I find that just astonishing.