The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

I think that all of the cyber attacks that are taking place, but particularly this - the Russian one, had a profound impact on the American system, on our political process, on our - it invaded the space of our election. The releasing on a regular basis of one party's stolen emails had an impact, and I think that other things also had an impact.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.