How is it that anyone could suggest that, in the midst of these atrocities, that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumaniza… - Kamala Harris

When you show people the math, you give them the tools to decide whether they agree with the solution. And even if they don’t agree with everything, they may find that they agree with you most of the way — a kind of policy-making “partial credit” that can form the basis for constructive collaboration.

My mother used to — she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” (Laughs.) You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.

Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.