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" My grandmother from Iowa, she is dancing in Heaven at the prospect that the next president of the United States is going to be Hillary Rodham Clinton. "
Cory Booker
Heaven
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" I'm hopeful that at the end of my life, someone like Frederick Douglass would look at my life and say, 'Well done: you've proven yourself to be worthy of the legacy we left you.' "
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" My weakness in life is two men who seduce me all the time - named Ben & Jerry. "
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" When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality. "
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" The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country. "
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" I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way. "
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" Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. "
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" Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor. "
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" I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life. "
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Face
Change
" In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate. "
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Country
" If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves. "
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Change
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" You have to understand the Newark Riots - a lot of people understand that the pain was the initial explosion of anger and alienation, but after that, the response, sending the National Guard troops - a lot of violence was carried out and perpetrated by those who were allegedly coming here to protect residents. "
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You
Pain
People
" You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome. "
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You
Comfort
" I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success. "
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Believe
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" I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. "
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Born
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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. "
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Oil
Natural
" Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right. "
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Right
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" As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements. "
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" We have a presidential nominee in Hillary Clinton who knows that, in a time of stunningly wide disparities of wealth in our nation, America's greatness must not be measured by how many millionaires and billionaires we have, but by how few people we have living in poverty. "
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People
" My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about. "
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Me
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" Having people that really reflect the spectrum of American experiences is important to have on the Supreme Court. "
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" In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence. "
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" Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don't want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don't come out and vote for her, for shame. "
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" America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis. "
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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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" 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. "
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Roots
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" It's not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin. "
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War
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" My parents were obsessed with my education. "
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Parents
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