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Everyone needs to understand that we were meant to live together in this country. We have to get to know one another; even if we don't agree, we have to enable each side to express itself.

I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?

This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time. It may not be easy - but we'll get there together.

I've been really privileged to work for two presidents - President Obama and President Clinton - who are both people of faith, who value faith, and who respect that others have the same feelings in their own lives.

You need to form a grand coalition, and you need to put your ideological differences aside and work together to focus on people's basic needs. You can't eat sharia.

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.

We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.

I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.

I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman.

I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.