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" 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. "

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Cory Booker

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" 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. "

" I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success. "

" 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. "

" Our nation was founded with a bunch of founding legislators who joined together to move our country out of the blocks and get us started, and every generation since then has found a way to advance the ball down the field. "

" There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate. "

" When they told me I couldn't sit on the Senate floor with an iPad - that the technology wasn't even permitted - I breathed deep and knew that I was going to have to start pushing. "

Cory Booker

Sit

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" When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family. "

" If we invest in ourselves, the collective good, we all thrive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're not called to be a tolerant nation. We're called to be a nation of love. "

" My weakness in life is two men who seduce me all the time - named Ben & Jerry. "

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

Cory Booker

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" Our nation was not founded because we all looked alike, or prayed alike, or descended from the same family tree. But our founders, in their genius, in this, the oldest constitutional democracy, put forth on this earth the idea that all are created equal; that we all have inalienable rights. "

" Newark faces real challenges. "

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

" We have Donald Trump standing up as one of the greatest fear-mongers in this nation's history. He's trying to make us afraid of each other. "

" You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are. "

" We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city. "

" I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. "

" Let us declare that we are a nation of interdependence, and that in America love always trumps hate. Let us declare, so that generations yet unborn can hear us. We are the United States of America; our best days are ahead of us. And together, with Hillary Clinton as our President, America, we will rise. "

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

" Our platform emphasizes that a vibrant, free and fair market is essential to economic growth. "

" Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and fight those who seek to demean and degrade others. "

Cory Booker

Best

Stand Up

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

" I was raised in a very religious home with two parents who were deeply involved in the black church. When I was young, I went to a small black AME church in New Jersey. "

" Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth. "

" I'd gladly take a grenade, if it meant saving Newark. "

" It takes too much energy to hate. "