I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street people at least know where I stand and where I have always stood is because they are trying to beat me in this primary.

It is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working at it.

I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

My vision of America is an America where everyone has a place, if you're willing to work hard, you do your part, you contribute to the community.

I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.] Bush administration. They went back to trickle-down economics. They took their eye off the mortgage market, they took their eye off the finance markets, and we ended up in a big mess.

I would like the Supreme Court to understand that voting rights are still a big problem in many parts of our country [America], that we don't always do everything we can to make it possible for people of color and older people and young people to be able to exercise their franchise.