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" Decent wages keep people out of homeless shelters. Decent wages allow families to afford books and, I don't know, school fees and things like that. "
Keith Ellison
Know
School
People
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" I'm going to be fighting to rebuild the Democratic party no matter what. I'm going to be fighting to make sure the Democratic party is known among working people that we are their champion no matter what. "
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" The United States' job is not to police the whole world. "
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" We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked. "
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" I think that whenever businesses harm the economy, harm workers, harm consumers, or undermine human rights in any way, then it is the role of the government to make sure that they don't do that and to make sure that markets are fair and they operate properly. "
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" You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day. "
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" My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism. "
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" Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. "
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" If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully, they should be encouraged to do so. "
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" I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not. "
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" All I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim. "
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Loyal
Love
" I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and condemn the anti-Semitic statements and actions of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and Khalid Muhammed. "
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Deep
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" How are we all going to pitch in to fix this party to make working America know that the Democratic party is absolutely on their side? That's the real question. "
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Question
Real
Party
" Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing. "
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Experience
A Good Thing
Good
" Throughout my work as a state legislator and member of Congress since 2002, I have worked as hard as I could to build bridges. I've worked to combat anti-Semitism and confront Holocaust denial. I've organized dozens of meetings to promote interfaith dialogue and joint projects. "
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Bridges
Work
Meetings
" Vehicle emissions standards directly sparked the development and application of a wide range of automotive technologies that are now found throughout the global automobile market. "
Keith Ellison
Development
Automobile
Now
" For Ben Carson, Donald Trump, or any other Republican politician to suggest that someone of any faith is unfit for office is out of touch with who we are as a people. "
Keith Ellison
Republican
Someone
Faith
" We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table. "
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Bridge
Environment
Strong
" Clean air and a healthy climate benefit all of us, but it will take a diverse coalition to step up to the threat posed by unchecked climate change. "
Keith Ellison
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Climate Change
Step
" I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't. "
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Study
Bills
Makes
" I'm an energetic person. I work hard. "
Keith Ellison
Energetic
Hard
Person
" You approach faith with humility. You can have some idea, but it boils down to do you see religion as a club, or do you see religion as a path? Do you see it as a wall that separates you or do you see it as a bridge that connects you to God and other people? When you see it as a bridge, you aren't so worried about bringing others over to your side. "
Keith Ellison
Religion
Faith
God
" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "
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America
People
Truth
" I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don't believe most people, if they don't win, are just going to take their ball and go home. "
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More
Home
" I understand the risks associated with being a soldier. But I think as members of Congress, we should not intensify the chance that we'll have to commit troops to a military conflict unless it's absolutely necessary to defend the nation. "
Keith Ellison
Soldier
Conflict
Risks
" We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up. "
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Step
Times
Crisis
" Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul. "
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Fight
Yourself
You
" The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. "
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Middle
" I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am. "
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Never
Up
" When I hear about these terrorist ideologies, they are completely foreign and strange to me. I mean, to me, it's, like, antithetical. "
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Mean
Like
Foreign
" I support Israel. And I have long supported a two-state solution and a democratic and secure state for the Jewish people, with a democratic and viable Palestinian state side-by-side in peace and dignity. "
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