I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.

I will stand up for families against powerful interests, against corporations.

I still believe that if we stand together with courage in our convictions and love for America, our best days are ahead of us.

Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children.

We spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.

I believe that when we have millions of hard-working immigrants contributing to our economy, it would be self-defeating and inhumane to try to kick them out. Comprehensive immigration reform will grow our economy and keep families together, and it's the right thing to do.

Large corporations are amassing so much power in our economy. Sometimes it's called market concentration or even old-fashioned monopolies.