That really important freedom in my life, the freedom to marry, came about because of choices that were made by policymakers who had power over me and millions of others.

If somebody is pointing out that there are advantages - many of them unfair - that go along with being male in our society and in our politics, then I completely agree.

You're not free if you can't start a small business because you fear losing your health care, and you're certainly not free if a male boss or politician prevents you from making decisions about your own reproductive health.

I kept up top grades, and by senior year, a flow of mailed college recruiting brochures accumulated into an avalanche on our dining room table.

Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.'

I think a lot about intergenerational justice. Short-term versus long-term helps to explain a lot of the policy disagreements that happen between the parties, and I would argue that in most ways, we are the party with more long-term thinking.

We've never been a party to obstruct for obstruction sake.

I think people in our party tie themselves up in pretzels trying to be more electable.

Mayors love lists when they say something good about their city and hate them when they don't.

If somebody is saying that I should not compete because I'm a man, I don't know what to say to that. And if somebody is saying that I had it easy, I would invite them to join the military and enter Indiana politics in 2010 as a gay person. See how easy they find it.

People in communities like Granger, Indiana, are rarely heard from on cable networks. But they, too, believe it is wrong to deport friends and neighbors who do no harm and much good.

The most moving responses I got to my coming out in the first place was people, like teenagers, letting me know that it made their lives easier in some way.

The decision to serve needs to be independent of your politics.

Experiences with friends or family members coming out have helped millions of Americans to see past stereotypes and better understand what being gay is - and is not.

Donald Trump got elected because, in his twisted way, he pointed out the huge troubles in our economy and our democracy.

I've always been terrible at land navigation.

'Palaces for the People' reads more like a succession of case studies than a comprehensive account of what social infrastructure is, so those looking for a theoretical framework may be disappointed.

When I was fourteen, Mom and Dad sent me to St. Joseph High School, the Catholic school up the hill from our place, housed in a 1950s-era tan brick building sometimes confused for a light industrial structure due to the surprisingly high smokestack of its old incinerator.

I've never believed in running for office so you can eventually run for some other office.

My high school in South Bend had nearly a thousand students. Statistically, that means that several dozen were gay or lesbian. Yet, when I graduated in 2000, I had yet to encounter a single openly LGBT student there.

The first news event I understood as a small child was the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, which President Reagan eloquently mourned from the Oval that evening.

Things are changing tectonically in our country, and we can't just keep doing what we've been doing.

You're not free if you can't sue a financial institution that gets caught ripping you off.

I have not reached a considered position on the question of court-packing. Although I don't think we should be laughing at it.