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" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "

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" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "

" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "

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

" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "

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

" 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. "

" When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life. "

" The Internet is now the catalyst in our society for growing our economy, engaging in the democratic process, and connecting with one another. It is an information equalizer, and everyone from farmworkers to financiers deserves fair access to it. "

" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "

" Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction. "

" I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America. "

" 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. "

" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "

" I'm not into political gamesmanship. "

" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "

" Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations. "

" I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy. "

" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "

" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "

" The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air. "

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

" 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. "

" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "

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

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

" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "

" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "

" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "

" Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic. "

" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "