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" More than anything, we must do better for our children's education. "

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" The greatest natural resource our country has is not oil. It's not gas. It's not coal. It's the genius of our children. "

" When people jump on your mistakes, don't hide from them; let people know that you're human, too. "

" I have seen too many of my male friends - no matter whether they're on the football field or inside a church - bash gays and then revel in their machismo or piety. "

" 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. "

" You've got to be one that, wherever you are, like a flower, you've got to blossom where you're planted. You cannot eliminate darkness. You cannot banish it by cursing darkness. The only way to get rid of darkness is light and to be the light yourself. "

" 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. "

" America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis. "

" So many great movements didn't succeed the first time, but people kept trying and trying and trying. "

" Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions, and even through their unity, spawn true American greatness. "

" We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny. "

" You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature. "

" Let's not judge. Let's draw inspiration from each other's stories - successes and failures - and realize we're all connected. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I live in Newark. My family lives in Newark. I own a house in Newark. "

" I've been wrong on everything about Trump; I've been wrong about everything on the Republican side of the ledger. But allow me - with that caveat - to made the prediction that Donald Trump will not be the president of the United States. It just will not happen. "

" Tolerance says I am just going to stomach your right to be different. That if you disappear from the face of the earth, I am no better or worse off. But love - love knows that every American has worth and value, no matter what their background, race, religion, or sexual orientation. "

" I'm very knowledgeable of the challenges before me. "

" What most Americans don't realize is a lot of the challenges we're struggling with today are the result of conscious housing policies. "

" You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. "

" These are the themes in life which are consistent in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism - of being grounded in who you are and being engaged in an unjust world. "

" Government has got to open up and engage citizenry as partners. "

" We're all tired of a Washington that has these partisan camps where nothing gets done. "

" One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation. "

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

" I come from a mother who can cry at a G.E. commercial. "

" Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right. "

" My generation of Americans, the scions of daring dreamers, the children of the fearlessly faithful and the offspring of many of history's most audacious actors - we, together, drink deeply from wells of freedom, liberty and opportunity that we did not dig. "