“The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don’t want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.”

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individual’s life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.

Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.

Gay rights are human rights.

Americans need a champion and I want to be that champion.

You have to be true to yourself.

It should never be a crime to be gay.

I’m running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.

Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.

I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press?

No nation can meet the world’s challenges alone.

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.

It’s impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.

Women standing up for each other is critically important.

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

If you keep a clear vision for your future, it will pull you like a magnet through your toughest times.

To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.

As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner.

Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.