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" Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits. "
Keith Ellison
Against
Creating
Republicans
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" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Republican
Someone
Faith
" There's nothing wrong with any group of Americans using our democratic system in order to advance their policy views. "
Keith Ellison
Group
Policy
Nothing
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
End
Beginning
Bus
" Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall. Because at the end of the day, we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is. "
Keith Ellison
Bridge
Religion
You
" I believe that Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship are, and should be, key considerations in shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East. Americans with roots or interests in the region should be involved in advocacy and discussions of public policy concerning the region. "
Keith Ellison
Roots
Believe
Relationship
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Real
Gun
Rest
" If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully, they should be encouraged to do so. "
Keith Ellison
Want
Get
Long
" Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had. "
Keith Ellison
Fighting
Job
Congress
" We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up. "
Keith Ellison
Step
Times
Crisis
" Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class. "
Keith Ellison
Age
America
Class
" I am not one of those people who has contempt for Hillary Clinton. I think she's served our nation. I think there are things that she's done that are very good. "
Keith Ellison
Good
She
People
" Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul. "
Keith Ellison
Fight
Yourself
You
" I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't. "
Keith Ellison
Study
Bills
Makes
" You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day. "
Keith Ellison
You
Relationship
Long
" Americans deserve journalists who provide responsible, objective reporting. "
Keith Ellison
Responsible
Reporting
Who
" Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them. "
Keith Ellison
People
Progressive
Now
" You approach faith with humility. You can have some idea, but it boils down to do you see religion as a club, or do you see religion as a path? Do you see it as a wall that separates you or do you see it as a bridge that connects you to God and other people? When you see it as a bridge, you aren't so worried about bringing others over to your side. "
Keith Ellison
Religion
Faith
God
" People spend money on negative campaigning because it works. "
Keith Ellison
Spend
People
Money
" The idea of a financial transaction tax on Wall Street trades is gaining momentum. I have a bill called - nicknamed the Robin Hood tax also. It's a bill that taxes stock trades, derivatives and bonds, and would generate in the neighborhood of $300 billion a year. "
Keith Ellison
Hood
Financial
Tax
" Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. "
Keith Ellison
Place
Better Place
Better
" The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. "
Keith Ellison
Tax
Breaks
Middle
" I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not. "
Keith Ellison
Who
Faith
Hear
" I support Israel. And I have long supported a two-state solution and a democratic and secure state for the Jewish people, with a democratic and viable Palestinian state side-by-side in peace and dignity. "
Keith Ellison
People
Support
Dignity
" I was born and raised in Detroit. "
Keith Ellison
Born
Raised
I Was Born
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Role
Never
Up
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Support
Said
Gates
" Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. "
Keith Ellison
Protest
Voting
Surrender
" When I hear about these terrorist ideologies, they are completely foreign and strange to me. I mean, to me, it's, like, antithetical. "
Keith Ellison
Mean
Like
Foreign
" Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy. "
Keith Ellison
Progressive
Economic
Economy
" Throughout my work as a state legislator and member of Congress since 2002, I have worked as hard as I could to build bridges. I've worked to combat anti-Semitism and confront Holocaust denial. I've organized dozens of meetings to promote interfaith dialogue and joint projects. "
Keith Ellison
Bridges
Work
Meetings