So, it’s one thing to say “there should be accountability,” but when we think about and define “accountability” based on bad actors and bad deeds, pa… - Kamala Harris

You have to sweat the small stuff, because sometimes it turns out the small stuff is actually the big stuff.

I believe everyone has a right to safety, to dignity, and to justice. As a prosecutor, when I had a case, I charged it not in the name of the victim but in the name of the people for a simple reason: In our system of justice, a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us. And I would often explain this to console survivors of crime, to remind them no one should be made to fight alone. We are all in this together. And every day in the courtroom, I stood proudly before a judge and I said five words: “Kamala Harris, for the people.”

I reflected on it all — about why I ran for office, whom I had come there to help, and the difference between getting convictions and having conviction. In the end, I knew I was there for the victims. Both the victims of crimes committed and the victims of a broken criminal justice system.