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" I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience. "

Tom Perez

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" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "

" The Democratic Party and DNC have to be a very conspicuous face of the opposition to Donald Trump and all his divisiveness. At the same time, we have to communicate our, I think, positive and inclusive message to everyone. "

" We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear. "

" When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class. "

" I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom are single moms working to support their family - and you're having a significant impact on communities of color. "

" If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect. "

" If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump. "

" The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans. "

" Talk about the issues that matter most to people. "

" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "

" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "

" When you recruit good candidates and you have a good message and you have energy and organization and partnership, you always have a fighting chance. "

" Our message of opportunity and inclusion is, I think, a very powerful message that does indeed speak to Americans, but we've got to do a better job of listening. "

" Joe Arpaio built a wall. His was a wall of distrust, and when you don't have the trust of the community, you don't have anything. He claimed to be a law-and-order sheriff, but he was really lawlessness and disorder. "

" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "

" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "

" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "

" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "

" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "

Tom Perez

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Endeavor

" I met a person on my rural tour in northwest Wisconsin who said to me, 'I feel politically homeless.' And we need to re-engage that person. "

Tom Perez

Person

Need

" Budgets are moral documents. They reflect the values of any government and when you're compromising clean air, clean water, and lead, you're making a statement about communities you don't care about. "

" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "

" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "

" Our message has been muddled, especially in 2016. Voters in Ohio heard from Trump, 'I'm going to save your coal jobs.' And while that was a lie, what it told them is, 'I'm going to feel your pain.' What they heard from the Democratic side was, 'Vote for us because Donald Trump is crazy.' "

" I happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "

" We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed. "

" Every president since Nixon has embraced a policy of 'self-determination without termination' - the idea that Native Americans are best equipped to govern themselves. Trump is breaking with this position. "

" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "

" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "