Kamala Harris
Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing while starring on the Netflix show 'Master of None,' but it might be more accurate to call her a Master of Everything.
In this great country, we celebrate success. We don't want to penalize those who have done well.
And so I would not enforce a law that would reject people and turn them away without giving them a fair and due process to determine if we should give them asylum and refuge.
I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
The American dream belongs to all of us.
My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
We don't have to let extremists define us.
Here's the thing: every office I've run for I was the first to win. First person of color. First woman. First woman of color. Every time.
I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
I was standing on a ladder outside the Homestead juvenile immigrant detention center outside Miami, looking over the fence, and I saw children lined up like prisoners. They had been separated from their families and put in this private detention facility. It was horrible.
What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.
To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.
Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.
I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone's life.
I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.
My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.
You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
We've got to keep our eye on what's happening with Russia and North Korea. We cannot lose sight of domestic policy, either. Healthcare. Immigration. Climate change.
Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.
Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
I believe you've got to do your due diligence.
Anti-Semitism is real in this country.
I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.
I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.
Sexism is real in this country.
I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.
I'm prepared to say that law enforcement should be allowed to seize the guns of those who are suspected to be involved in domestic terrorism.
I love being in a courtroom.
Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.
Homophobia is real in this country.
I did not learn the flaws of the criminal-justice system in law school or college or by reading about it. I grew up knowing the flaws and how it was disproportionately impacting the black community. It's not academic for me.
My mother cooked like a scientist. She had a giant Chinese-style cleaver that she chopped with, and a cupboard full of spices.
My mother came from India to go to the University of California, Berkeley.
I grew up hearing stories about my grandmother - my mother's mother - who used to go to villages in India in her little VW bug. My grandmother would take a bullhorn and make sure women in these villages knew how to access birth control.
Let's be clear about this, and let's be clear: we should not be creating incentives to house people in prison. We should be creating incentives instead to shut the revolving door into prison.
I'm one of the luckiest people on earth.
I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.
I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
Hate crime is not new in the United States.
We don't have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures - and I quote - 'hit the bottom' so the market could - I quote - 'run its course.'
Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.
When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.Collection: Choices
My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.Collection: Mother
There is a lot of work to be done to make sure our leaders reflect the people they are supposed to represent. The more diverse a group of decision makers is, the more informed the decision will be. Until we achieve full representation, we all should understand we are falling short of the ideals of our country.Collection: Country
No woman should be told she can't make her own decisions about her body. If women's reproductive rights come under attack, I will be standing up for women.Collection: Decision
Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.Collection: Perspective