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" If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves. "

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" Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good. "

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" What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can't get a job, you can't get a loan, you can't get a Pell grant, you can't get public housing. "

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" I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am. "

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