153 Quotes by Kamala Harris

Black men use drugs at the same rate as white men, but they are arrested twice as often for it. And then they pay more than a third more than their counterparts, on average, in bail. Black men are six times as likely as white men to be incarcerated. And when they are convicted, black men get sentences nearly 20 percent longer than those given to their white counterparts. Latino men don’t fare much better. It is truly appalling.

What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters. You’re going to walk into many rooms in your life and career where you may be the only one who looks like you or who has had the experiences you’ve had. But you remember that when you are in those rooms, you are not alone. We are all in that room with you applauding you on. Cheering your voice. And just so proud of you. So you use that voice and be strong.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short.

I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone's life.

I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.

I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.

There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.

I was standing on a ladder outside the Homestead juvenile immigrant detention center outside Miami, looking over the fence, and I saw children lined up like prisoners. They had been separated from their families and put in this private detention facility. It was horrible.