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" The truth is that transitioning to clean energy like wind and solar will create millions of new, good jobs that can't be outsourced, and spur economic growth - all while avoiding the inevitable, significant damages our economy will suffer should we keep building more pipelines. "

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" That is not something I embrace. I think there are real distinctions between the Koch brothers and us. "

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" I really don't want the highlight of my life to be my success as an investor. Genuinely. My idea of death would be that person who is still telling you about that goal he scored in 1974. "

" I'm a 30-year businessperson. I believe in American business. I believe in American ingenuity, and I believe in American innovation. "

" For years, TransCanada has been selling the Keystone XL pipeline to Americans with all of the enthusiasm of a used car salesman - and using all of the same tricks. However, one myth is more egregious than all the rest: this pipeline will enhance America's energy independence. "

" Renewable energy is a clear winner when it comes to boosting the economy and creating jobs. "

" Tragically, no industry has done more to block crucial action to address climate change than the oil industry. "

" America can't stop talking about Donald Trump. Even if we want to look away, we just can't. "

" In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their view that America cannot take on the big challenges. "

" American democracy depends on the public's ability to remain accurately informed on our state of affairs. "

" Voting is our right, but it is also our responsibility because if we don't take the next step and elect leaders who are committed to building a better future for our kids, other rights - our rights to clean air, clean water, health, and prosperity - are placed directly in harm's way. "

" Americans can take on huge projects. But they need to understand why they should take on a huge project. "

" We need to ask elected officials supporting Keystone XL whether they're willing to put their constituents and our environment at risk so that foreign oil tycoons get a better return on their tar sands investments. Keystone XL backers will keep trying to sell us a sucker's deal; it's up to us to say no. "

" In the presidential debates back in 2008 and 2012, the candidates clearly didn't know how to make climate change resonate with voters - if they mentioned it at all. "

" As I like to say, if you want to pay attention to a horse race, put two dollars on a horse, and you'll pay enormous attention to all 11 horses in the race. "

" I think that Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi obviously are incredibly sympathetic to the DACA people. And so am I, of course. "

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" I think that my general feeling about the United States is that democracy works, and I've believed that my whole life, and my experience as a businessperson for 30 years was if you ignore the sound and fury, American democracy works if you give it enough time. "

" We must transform the relationship between police and the communities they serve. "

" Only when the oil and gas industry has taken full account of, and responsibility for, the impacts of exploring for and extracting fossil fuels can we engage in a serious and worthy evaluation of whether fracking can indeed provide a bridge to a sustainable energy future. "

" I am passionate about preserving the rights and opportunities of current and future Americans. That has meant fighting to stop global warming. "

" We believe the way social change occurs in the United States, over the last 200 years, is the democratic process. "

" As a businessman, Trump preyed on the hopes and anxieties of struggling middle-class families. He cheated and scammed employees and customers alike. He left behind a trail of bankrupted companies. Past is prologue, and Trump has continued to pursue his own aggrandizement ruthlessly and relentlessly as a candidate and as president-elect. "

" Clarity of vision is the key to achieving your objectives. "

" I am a true believer that we have to change the way we generate and consume energy in the United States. "

" The American people know that climate change is the kind of problem only America can solve. "

" Tax cuts for the rich defund the critical public programs on which American families depend. "

" We think that when the American people make a decision together that they want something, politicians have to listen to them, and that's the process we believe in. "

" My mother, Marnie Fahr Steyer, was a lifelong smoker - up to three packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day. I like to think that, if Mom were still with us today, she'd be happy with the strides we've made to protect our children from the ongoing health crisis of tobacco addiction. "

" Trump manipulates the fearful by promising that he will use his fraudulent deal-making prowess to protect and take care of his supporters. "

" Trump's one consistent position is that he will stop at nothing to protect his properties and his profits. "

" I've spent a lot of time studying corporations and what makes them tick. "