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" We're the party that has fought for Medicare. We're the party that has fought for Social Security. The Republicans have tried to privatize Social Security and voucherize Medicare. "

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" Our economic future and our energy future are one in the same, and it's a future America can't shrink from. We must shape it, just as we've always done. We have to protect our planet from the threat of climate change and ensure that workers have the skills to compete for good middle-class jobs. "

Tom Perez

Energy

Change

America

" If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect. "

" Talk about the issues that matter most to people. "

" Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them. "

" The Democratic Party has learned from the terrible mistakes of the past. Our platform requires that we honor, fulfill, and strengthen the federal government's trust responsibility to American Indians. We take this responsibility seriously. "

" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "

" We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP Code, and music is that vehicle to summon our better angels. Music is that vehicle and always has been a vehicle to challenge us to build a better America. "

" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "

" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "

" The Democratic Party and DNC have to be a very conspicuous face of the opposition to Donald Trump and all his divisiveness. At the same time, we have to communicate our, I think, positive and inclusive message to everyone. "

" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "

" Donald Trump, you don't stand for our values. "

" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "

" Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And we sometimes have a relationship deficit with our voters, because we're not communicating that message. "

" Our message has been muddled, especially in 2016. Voters in Ohio heard from Trump, 'I'm going to save your coal jobs.' And while that was a lie, what it told them is, 'I'm going to feel your pain.' What they heard from the Democratic side was, 'Vote for us because Donald Trump is crazy.' "

" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "

Tom Perez

Friend

Consider

" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "

" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "

" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "

" You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion. "

Tom Perez

Vote

October

" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "

" If Donald Trump wants to acknowledge that we have a pay gap for women and we need to address it, I would work with Donald Trump. "

" Donald Trump has shown no interest in working toward increasing the minimum wage, no interest in doing anything but immigrant baiting, no interest in doing anything but filling the swamp with a band of billionaires who are simply trying to help the wealthy. "

" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "

" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "

" I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience. "

" I met a person on my rural tour in northwest Wisconsin who said to me, 'I feel politically homeless.' And we need to re-engage that person. "

Tom Perez

Person

Need

" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "

" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "

" Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable. "