I want every business to compete and thrive.

It is wrong that corporations and the super wealthy play by a different set of rules.

Multimillionaires cannot pay lower rates than their secretaries and other people working for them.

When I am talking about "It Takes a Village", I'm obviously not talking just about or even primarily about geographical villages any longer, but about the network of relationships and values that do connect us and binds us together.

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.

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've gone to work, I've raised a child, and I've spent 30 years trying to better the lives of children and families. But I often return to one thing I said way back then - that politics is the art of making possible what appears to be impossible.