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" 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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" 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

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Foreign

" 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. "

" I'm an energetic person. I work hard. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'd tell you whose brand was tainted is Donald Trump. I mean, this guy was tainted every kind of way you could imagine. I mean, no way in the world that Donald Trump is a champion of working people. "

" Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy. "

" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "

" I think it's dangerous to prosecute people for their political views and their political associations. I think you prosecute people for what they do, for their acts. "

" We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott had to be converted into the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We don't want politicians who've gotta be coaxed, cajoled and protested. We want them on our side from the beginning. "

" The United States' job is not to police the whole world. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked. "

Keith Ellison

Minority

Leaders

" 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

" I am not one of those people who has contempt for Hillary Clinton. I think she's served our nation. I think there are things that she's done that are very good. "

" When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a scholar of Islamic history or jurisprudence or anything. "

" Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement. "

" If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "