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" I'm not against T.V. advertising for campaigns, but we need to emphasize field campaigning much more than we do. "
Keith Ellison
Field
Against
Need
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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
Mean
Like
Foreign
" 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? "
Keith Ellison
Trying
Islam
Know
" 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? "
Keith Ellison
People
Do The Right Thing
Community
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Way
Human Rights
Government
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Work
Daily
Family
" When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you. "
Keith Ellison
Leader
You
Vote
" Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance. "
Keith Ellison
Engineering
Environmental
Construction
" I have always been a fierce fighter against anti-Semitism. I oppose it and always have. "
Keith Ellison
Always
Against
Been
" I was born and raised in Detroit. "
Keith Ellison
Born
Raised
I Was Born
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Bridge
Environment
Strong
" Vehicle emissions standards directly sparked the development and application of a wide range of automotive technologies that are now found throughout the global automobile market. "
Keith Ellison
Development
Automobile
Now
" Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them. "
Keith Ellison
People
Progressive
Now
" You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day. "
Keith Ellison
You
Relationship
Long
" I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life. "
Keith Ellison
Beginning
College
Fight
" People will politicize religion; we see it in every faith, in every religion. We see it with Pat Robertson, in my opinion, and we see it with the Taliban. "
Keith Ellison
Religion
Faith
Opinion
" I understand the risks associated with being a soldier. But I think as members of Congress, we should not intensify the chance that we'll have to commit troops to a military conflict unless it's absolutely necessary to defend the nation. "
Keith Ellison
Soldier
Conflict
Risks
" For Ben Carson, Donald Trump, or any other Republican politician to suggest that someone of any faith is unfit for office is out of touch with who we are as a people. "
Keith Ellison
Republican
Someone
Faith
" I'm an energetic person. I work hard. "
Keith Ellison
Energetic
Hard
Person
" The United States' job is not to police the whole world. "
Keith Ellison
Job
Whole
World
" I support Israel. And I have long supported a two-state solution and a democratic and secure state for the Jewish people, with a democratic and viable Palestinian state side-by-side in peace and dignity. "
Keith Ellison
People
Support
Dignity
" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "
Keith Ellison
America
People
Truth
" Decent wages keep people out of homeless shelters. Decent wages allow families to afford books and, I don't know, school fees and things like that. "
Keith Ellison
Know
School
People
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Run
You
Place
" Americans deserve journalists who provide responsible, objective reporting. "
Keith Ellison
Responsible
Reporting
Who
" My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism. "
Keith Ellison
Back
Racism
People
" How are we all going to pitch in to fix this party to make working America know that the Democratic party is absolutely on their side? That's the real question. "
Keith Ellison
Question
Real
Party
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Dangerous
Think
You
" Anybody that's ever been to Israel and to Palestine knows that you can't look at a person and tell if they're Israeli or Palestinian. You can assume. But I've seen Palestinians who look Swedish, and I've seen Israelis who are black. "
Keith Ellison
Person
Israel
You
" I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't. "
Keith Ellison
Study
Bills
Makes
" Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. "
Keith Ellison
Protest
Voting
Surrender