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" I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am. "

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" Why can't we get real, sane, sensible gun legislation? Because the NRA, funded by Mossberg, Smith & Wesson, Glock and all the rest of the big dogs in the weapons industry, you know, spread around donations and won't let it move through. "

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" People like, George Soros, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sax, Dean Baker, Robert Poland, Larry Summers have said they all support a transaction tax. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The United States' job is not to police the whole world. "

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" I'm not a scholar of Islamic history or jurisprudence or anything. "

" At the end of the day, the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott had to be converted into the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We don't want politicians who've gotta be coaxed, cajoled and protested. We want them on our side from the beginning. "

" We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked. "

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" The real problem for Democrats is we've got to help people believe, and then we've got to deliver the message to them. Believe what? That we are absolutely, unshakeably on their side, and we're going to fight for them every single minute. "

" 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? "

" Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class. "

" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "

" I was born and raised in Detroit. "

" What is it to be white? It does mean something to be Norwegian. It means something to be Polish or German or Spanish. But 'white' is simply a catchall for 'light-skinned person.' It doesn't really mean anything. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first. "

" My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism. "

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