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" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "

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" In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we're proud of who we are; we're proud of where our families come from. "

" I'm not into political gamesmanship. "

" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "

" No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. "

" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "

" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "

" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "

" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "

" Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. "

" If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own. "

" I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president. "

" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "

" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "

" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "

" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "

" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "

" I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot give the federal government extraordinary powers to eavesdrop without a warrant. It's simply un-American. "

" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "

" My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke a tribute in her honor each and every Mother's Day. "

" No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities. "

" The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over. "

" What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America. "

" Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. "

" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "

" I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California. "

" If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles. "

" Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls. "

" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "

" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "

" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "