- “Democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity; that we rise and fall as one”
- “We must invest in children of immigrants, because those brown kids represent growing share of the workforce”
- “ISIL will be destroyed, no one who threatens America will ever be safe”
- “I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans”
- “I do have one final ask of you as your President, same thing I asked when you took a chance on me 8-yrs ago. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours”