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" Technology has transformed how we live, learn and work, but not everyone has been able to participate in these developments. "

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" The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy. "

" The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States. "

" I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats. "

" The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education. "

" If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up. "

" This thing has been studied to death by Republicans and Democrats: several committees, including in Congress, that have all said, 'Yes, of course what happened was tragic, but Secretary Clinton was not in any way at fault,' and what you have here with these e-mails is basically a witch hunt. "

" I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. "

" My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. "

" I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama. "

" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "

" Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party. "

" Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. "

" My grandmother, when she was young, would've walked past shops where some folks had out a sign that said, 'No Mexicans or dogs allowed.' "

" What we see out there is an affordable housing crisis, particularly in the rental market in cities big and small, and we don't have the resources necessary to fill that gap. "

" I had the blessing of opportunity. You need the folks in the boardroom who have consciences and the people in the streets who can picket at the right time. "

" Hispanics have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act. "

" I have learned in life that the best thing you can do to create a great future for yourself is don't forget what's in front of you. And so I'm trying to do a great job at HUD. "

" And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. "

" Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. "

" When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' "

" The Tea Party definitely scored a significant victory with Senator Cruz's election in 2012 and scored victories in some statewide primaries. But to me, as the Tea Party gets stronger within the Republican Party in Texas, the prospect of a blue Texas becomes stronger and stronger. "

" Hopefully, in not a too distant future, we will see a Latino president, and who knows how's that going to happen. It's just a matter of time. "

" Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years. "

" I want to be able to pick up a list of names of graduates from high schools and colleges in the city and to see that that list is longer than it was when I started in 2009. "

" The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party. "

" The truth is that the dream of homeownership is out of reach for too many Americans. "

" We all understand that freedom isn't free. What Romney and Ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it. "

" I'm a recovering politician. "

" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "

" Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. "