Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

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.

When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

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.

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.

Once you believe that you can do something, there is not a single person in the universe who can convince you otherwise.

Girls either wanted him or wanted to improve him, but most often a combination of the two. They wanted to improve him until he justified the amount they wanted him.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

All things are plotting to make us whole / All things conspire to make us one.

If you want to upgrade your circle of influence, it begins with upgrading yourself.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

He was a man who wrote, who interpreted the world. Wisdom grew out of being handed just the smallest sliver of emotion. A glance could lead to paragraphs of theory.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.

Injuries are our best teachers.