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" It defies logic that protections against predatory debt collection practices don't apply to debt collectors hired by the federal government. "

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" I have never articulated a specific number, but I think a nation as great as we are, that professes to favor freedom and liberty, that we would find a way to evidence that in our criminal justice system by achieving what we know we can achieve: a reduction in crime, a reduction in taxpayer expense, and a reduction in the prison population. "

" I don't know what the strategy will be in Washington. The reality is, is, I have got to go down there, as my mentor, as people like Bill Bradley have told me to do, get to know your colleagues on both sides of the aisle, recognize that they, too, beat with the same heart and the same type of blood. "

" The process of writing a book has given me a whole new reverence for writers. Mechanically, it is a brutal process; emotionally, it's incredibly healing. "

" You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome. "

" People are always trying to draw simplistic dialectics that can capture things. "

" We need to look at the totality of the things that we're labeling as violent and really examine whether we need to have some more proportionality in terms of the punishment fitting the crime that's done. The bright line that we have right now, between violent and nonviolent, does not account for shades of gray. "

" My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about. "

" I have seen things in my life that have broken me in spirit. "

" It takes too much energy to hate. "

" 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. "

" This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular. "

" My whole life has been about confronting cynicism. "

" Newark faces real challenges. "

" I spent eight years living without heat and hot water. "

" We've got to be entrepreneurial; we've got to be innovative, and we've got to figure out ways of getting things done that people might think are very unorthodox. "

" I know Donald Trump. I've met him; I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I'm going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president. "

" In Newark, we see a problem and want to seize it, but we run up against the wall of state government, the wall of federal government that does not have the flexibility or doesn't see problems, even. At the federal level, it's often a zero-sum game: If you win, I lose. At the local level, it's just not local that. It's win-win-win. "

" I think Newark has been in the crosshairs in every generation of the fight to achieve America. And I think Newark is a city that's at that crossroads still. "

" Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity. "

" I want to be myself. I want to be as authentic as possible. "

" When American citizens pull together, there is little we can't accomplish. "

" I am happy that the urgency to reform our broken criminal justice system has found allies all across the political spectrum. "

" We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road. "

" The Constitution makes very clear what the obligation of the United States Senate is and what the obligation of the president of the United States is. To allow a Supreme Court position to remain vacant for well over a year cuts against what I think the intentions of the framers are and what the traditions of the Senate and the executive are. "

" This November, with the re-election of President Barack Obama, this generation of Americans will ever expand upon the hope, the truth and the promise of America. "

" No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills. "

" Having people that really reflect the spectrum of American experiences is important to have on the Supreme Court. "

" My parents were obsessed with my education. "

" If we're concerned about climate change as a country, we should have policies that make sure our great-grandchildren have a planet that's healthy and strong. "

" Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day. "