The scales of justice often, in my head, are unbalanced. And so my job is to try to balance out those scales.

Every hard working New Yorker, regardless of their income, race, or gender deserves an equal shot at attaining retirement security.

Our schools should be sanctuaries of learning, not nightmares of cruel and racist behavior.

Only when we ensure that the mistakes of our past are not the vision for our future, will we truly have achieved justice.

Peace cannot come without the government of Afghanistan speaking directly to the Taliban or the Taliban talking directly to us.

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

Democracy must be internally generated. You cannot force it from the top - it's not going to work.