“We’re going to make sure that the people who run for office and get elected are the ones who are going to work for the American people.”

Once you’ve gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.

When you have no real power, go public – really public. The public is where the real power is.

I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she’s out there, she’s tough.

Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.

Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that’s how I see it.

Getting straight with your money is as complicated as a trip to the grocery store: You need a comparison shop, add and subtract, stick with a plan, and ask questions- nothing more.

There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color…We must fight back.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.

There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what’s going on here.

This country isn’t working for working people. It’s working only for people at the top. That’s not the American dream. That’s the American nightmare.

The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it’s not the poorest. It’s not the people at the economic fringes. It’s people who worked hard and played by the rules.

If there’s any lesson I’ve learned in the last five years, it’s don’t be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.

How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that’s what I’m doing.

I know how important voting and elections are. But everybody know that life is going to be life regardless of who is president.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.