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" What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology. "

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" I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns. "

" The bells will ring and the marriages will begin. And it's a great day in our state for equal protection under the law for all people. "

" The American dream belongs to all of us. "

" I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it. "

" So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead. "

" Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime. "

" My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero. "

" I believe that a child going without an education is a crime. "

" I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision. "

" I love being in a courtroom. "

" Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class. "

" Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon. "

" We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community. "

" I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change. "

" We don't have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures - and I quote - 'hit the bottom' so the market could - I quote - 'run its course.' "

" Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind. "

" I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective. "

" What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well. "

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" Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk. "

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" I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison. "

" I'm one of the luckiest people on earth. "