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" Small acts of decency ripple in ways we could never imagine. "

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" My father was not going to let me sit back and just consume my blessings. He wanted me to contribute, and to do that, you have to be mission-oriented. "

" Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good. "

" I debated between law school and divinity. "

" This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My story starts with my dad, a black boy born to a single mother in a small town in North Carolina. It starts with my parents meeting in Washington, D.C., in the '60s, at a time of incredible activism. "

" It defies logic that protections against predatory debt collection practices don't apply to debt collectors hired by the federal government. "

" Hopelessness is a really toxic and dangerous state. "

" I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. I never saw Martin Luther King alive. "

" Do not forget from whence you've come. "

" If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves. "

" We live in a nation where, when New Jersey figures out how to do something and does it well, and shows progress, it affects other states. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I do my hiring in the United States Senate, I look at issues of diversity. "

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" People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world. "

" 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. "

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" The disgust and latent hostility I felt toward gays were subcategories of hatred, plain and simple. "

" 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. "

" I believe there's tremendous value in having a Supreme Court with a diverse set of experiences - especially when we're dealing with issues that range from our intimate relationships to how we finance campaigns. "

" 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 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. "