“Getting smart on crime’ does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.”

We, the people, have the power to build a better future.

I look forward to working on behalf of a president who will ask tough questions, demand that we be guided by facts, and expect our team to speak the truth.

Americans are united by their aspirations – for themselves and their families.

Don’t let anyone take away your power.

To young girls and women everywhere: dream with ambition and know that there are no limits to what you can be.

Now is the time to stand up. Now is the time to speak out. Now is the time to VOTE.

There’s a big difference between equality and equity.

When it comes to this pandemic – and the economic recovery – we are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans, and we will be there for one another.

Together we’ll bring an end to this economic crisis and put people back to work.

Getting the covid-19 vaccine will save your life. I have absolute confidence in our scientists and look forward to getting my second shot.

My goal was to turn activism into action.

My parents were born half a world apart from each other: my mother in India and my dad in Jamaica. But like so many others, they came to America in pursuit of a dream. And that dream was a dream for themselves, for me, and for my sister Maya.

The challenge we’re facing in our country is about more than the actions of a few. It’s about how to transform a justice system that doesn’t work equally for all.

Though we may be physically separated, we, the American people are united in spirit.

My mother always used to say, “don’t sit around and complain about things, do something.” I’ve tried to follow that advice every day and live by the example she set.

My mother taught me that no matter how you earn a living, whether you’re a caregiver or truck driver, grocery store clerk or small business owner, every job has inherent value and worth.

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn’t mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

It should never be a crime to be gay.

The crime of the Nuremberg Laws was a national crime; it violated national, constitutional rights and liberties, but it was of no concern to the comity of nations.

When all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.