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" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "

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" I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California. "

" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "

" Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge. "

" I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care. "

" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "

" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "

" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "

" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "

" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "

" When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life. "

" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "

" No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. "

" The voice of Vin Scully has become the song of summer for generations of Los Angeles baseball fans and aficionados of excellence in sports broadcasting. "

" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "

" Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls. "

" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "

" Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol. "

" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "

" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "

" Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. "

" If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own. "

" Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic. "

" No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities. "

" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "

" California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change. "

" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "

" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "

" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "

" California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines. "

" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "