My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead.

I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.

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

A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.

My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.

I'm opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health, period.

If you want to deal with an epidemic - crime or health - the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first.

You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.

I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.

The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.

If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.

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.

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.

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

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.'

I'm a law-and-order girl: I like people who do the right thing.

A judge is supposed to be able to make a decision, and when you make a decision, very often one party - and very often both - are a little disappointed.

I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn't want to be around you. You'd wind up all alone on an island.

Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.

Megyn Kelly is one of those rare women who seamlessly combines professional excellence and family. She doesn't need a catch phrase to define what she instinctively has accomplished. She just 'does it.'

TV was not in my future, not in my mind's eye.

Little things happen to us during the course of our lives when we were children that stay with us.