"If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval."

"I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas."

"It's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war."

"Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice."

"Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot."

"Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody."

"The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope."

"I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships."

"If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."

"There's a difference between fair game and playing games."

"I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration."

"I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century."

"Gay rights are human rights."

"If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible."

"Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest."

"Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly."

"American politics is always an open competition."

"Most importantly I never sent classified material on my email and I never received any that was marked classified."

"Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States."

"I want to make a difference."

"I get it that some people just don't know what to make of me."

"Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.'"

"There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine."

"I happen to have given lots of free speeches."