“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.

It’s better to fight because if you don’t fight, you can’t win. Besides, even when you don’t win, you can change the game.

I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.

I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

Transitional periods can be painful, but they are crucial for your growth. Please allow this process to take you where you need to be.

Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.

Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’

Definitely, the aim is to become No.1.

And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.

If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change.