"This president has turned the moral leadership of this country into a dumpster fire."
"There is nothing more liberating in life than fighting for a cause larger than yourself."
"Our criminal justice system is so savagely broken. There's no difference in America between blacks, whites, and Latinos for using drugs or dealing drugs."
"I will fight this and bring a fight to the NRA and the corporate gun lobby like they have never seen before."
"The reason we are where we are right now is because of overtly racist policies, not 400 years ago, just in my lifetime, that were red-lining communities and disinvesting in communities."
"I was the first person to come out for gun licensing, and I'm happy that people like Beto O'Rourke are showing such courage now and coming forward and also now supporting licensing."
"The people in my community, living in the projects, told me, don't give up on the people and the people won't give up on you."
"We've had more people die due to gun violence in my lifetime than every single war in this country combined."
"We are the strongest nation on the planet Earth, and our strength is multiplied and magnified when we stand with our allies in common cause and common purpose."
"This is a president that has a better relationship with dictators like Duterte and Putin than he does with Merkel and Macron."
"Look, on -- let's just be clear. The factory farming going on that's assaulting this corporate consolidation of the agricultural industry is destroying and hurting our environment."
"I am tired of us thinking about these problems isolated, disconnected from other issues. That's why my friend, Secretary Castro, is 100 percent right."
