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" Democrats need an organizer who will energize the grass-roots across this country to build the party from the bottom up. "
Keith Ellison
Party
Build
Need
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" I believe that Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship are, and should be, key considerations in shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East. Americans with roots or interests in the region should be involved in advocacy and discussions of public policy concerning the region. "
Keith Ellison
Roots
Believe
Relationship
" I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights. "
Keith Ellison
Priorities
Key
Live
" Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement. "
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Jobs
Retirement
Depend
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
American
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. "
Keith Ellison
Actions
Deep
Islam
" When I started running for Congress, it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress. "
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People
Surprise
Running
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Way
Human Rights
Government
" Anybody that's ever been to Israel and to Palestine knows that you can't look at a person and tell if they're Israeli or Palestinian. You can assume. But I've seen Palestinians who look Swedish, and I've seen Israelis who are black. "
Keith Ellison
Person
Israel
You
" Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more. "
Keith Ellison
Middle
Less
Class
" I think there are real dangers to escalating military conflict with ISIS, and we need to be aware of them. But at the same time, you have to understand, you know, that this whole thing started with Bashar al-Assad and how he is the one who continued to escalate against the people of Syria who were trying to get democratic reform. "
Keith Ellison
Know
Conflict
Time
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Role
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. "
Keith Ellison
Mean
Like
Foreign
" The real problem for Democrats is we've got to help people believe, and then we've got to deliver the message to them. Believe what? That we are absolutely, unshakeably on their side, and we're going to fight for them every single minute. "
Keith Ellison
Help
Problem
People
" Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance. "
Keith Ellison
Engineering
Environmental
Construction
" What is it to be white? It does mean something to be Norwegian. It means something to be Polish or German or Spanish. But 'white' is simply a catchall for 'light-skinned person.' It doesn't really mean anything. "
Keith Ellison
Mean
White
Something
" There's nothing wrong with any group of Americans using our democratic system in order to advance their policy views. "
Keith Ellison
Group
Policy
Nothing
" Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had. "
Keith Ellison
Fighting
Job
Congress
" I have always been a fierce fighter against anti-Semitism. I oppose it and always have. "
Keith Ellison
Always
Against
Been
" I know a lot of police officers who are on the force to do the right thing to protect people. But how can you deny this pattern, this disturbing pattern, Alton Sterling, Mr. Castile in my own community, Philando Castile, but then Tamir Rice, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland? "
Keith Ellison
People
Do The Right Thing
Community
" Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing. "
Keith Ellison
Experience
A Good Thing
Good
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
People
Support
Dignity
" Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class. "
Keith Ellison
Age
America
Class
" My mom, Clida, taught my four brothers and me about her father's work to organize black voters in rural Louisiana in the 1950s. We carried her dad's legacy of activism with us. The Civil Rights Movement was present in the daily life of my family in Detroit in the 1970s. "
Keith Ellison
Work
Daily
Family
" We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first. "
Keith Ellison
Empower
Collaboration
Culture
" Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall. Because at the end of the day, we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is. "
Keith Ellison
Bridge
Religion
You
" People like, George Soros, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sax, Dean Baker, Robert Poland, Larry Summers have said they all support a transaction tax. "
Keith Ellison
Support
Said
Gates
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Bridges
Work
Meetings
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Want
Get
Long
" While there are corporal descriptions of what the afterlife is like in Christianity, Islam and Judaism, what's going on there is the finite trying to describe the infinite. If God knows everything, started everything and is the only one who knows how it's going to end, how can any human know what God wants? "
Keith Ellison
Trying
Islam
Know
" Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. "
Keith Ellison
Protest
Voting
Surrender