I'll end discriminatory laws like the Hyde Amendment that make it all but impossible for low-income women - disproportionately, women of color - to exercise their rights.

My own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect.

We are here to advance the cause of women and to advance the cause of democracy and to make it absolutely clear that the two are inseparable.

Let's also add, no one should disagree about respecting the rights of young men who live in those neighborhoods.

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.