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

It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, it may take another Clinton to clean up after the second one

We need better police training.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

I do not think homosexuality is immoral.

Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.

A man who can be provoked by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes.