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" It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. "
Julian Castro
Immigration
Reform
Contribution
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" The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party. "
Julian Castro
Democrats
Party
Advantage
" And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. "
Julian Castro
Hold
Mother
Hard
" I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats. "
Julian Castro
Me
Party
Texas
" Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years. "
Julian Castro
Job
Hispanic
Good
" I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. "
Julian Castro
Opportunity
Intelligence
Dreams
" Some people are lucky enough to borrow money from their parents, but that shouldn't determine whether you can pursue your dreams. "
Julian Castro
Parents
Money
You
" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "
Julian Castro
Used
Wanted
Old
" San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward. "
Julian Castro
Time
Foot
Best
" I believe that Secretary Clinton has said, has acknowledged, that that was not the best way to handle her emails back then... and has turned over all of the information and the emails and documents and now the server. "
Julian Castro
Believe
Back
Best
" And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. "
Julian Castro
Lift
Talent
Shadow
" I'm a recovering politician. "
Julian Castro
Recovering
Politician
" The Tea Party definitely scored a significant victory with Senator Cruz's election in 2012 and scored victories in some statewide primaries. But to me, as the Tea Party gets stronger within the Republican Party in Texas, the prospect of a blue Texas becomes stronger and stronger. "
Julian Castro
Election
Tea
Blue
" We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. "
Julian Castro
Housing
Smoke
Responsibility
" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "
Julian Castro
Spanish
Understand
Than
" My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward. "
Julian Castro
You
America
Family
" I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama. "
Julian Castro
Man
American
Proud
" What we see out there is an affordable housing crisis, particularly in the rental market in cities big and small, and we don't have the resources necessary to fill that gap. "
Julian Castro
See
Crisis
Housing
" The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike-sharing, and as we work toward creating a fitter city, the bike-share program encourages a more active and healthy lifestyle. "
Julian Castro
Success
Work
Creating
" When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, 'No.' "
Julian Castro
Marry
People
Says
" Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead. "
Julian Castro
Stronger
People
Own
" The prosperity of the United States and the prosperity of the Hispanic community, as the fastest-growing community, are one and the same. The destinies are one and the same. "
Julian Castro
Prosperity
Community
Hispanic
" We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept is the idea that some folks won't even get a chance. "
Julian Castro
Chance
Free
Others
" Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama. "
Julian Castro
Year
Honor
Shoes
" As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that. "
Julian Castro
Success
More
Future
" Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. "
Julian Castro
Prosperity
Today
Tomorrow
" Hopefully, in not a too distant future, we will see a Latino president, and who knows how's that going to happen. It's just a matter of time. "
Julian Castro
See
Will
Time
" The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States. "
Julian Castro
Latino
Community
United
" I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had. "
Julian Castro
People
City
Kind
" The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy. "
Julian Castro
Experience
People
Mother
" Hispanics have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act. "
Julian Castro
Act
Care
Been