I need people to know that there is a group of people who are part of the leadership of the DNC, and I will make damn sure as a vice chair, and so will others, that we do everything humanly possible to have a level playing field.

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.

You can bloom wherever you're planted, if you put enough effort into it.

Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

I believe that what I've worked for - women and children, civil rights against poverty, trying to level the playing field for people to have a better chance - is what I still believe is important and what I'm trying to do today.

We are stronger together. We are stronger together in facing our internal challenges and our external ones.