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" When I started running for Congress, it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress. "

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" You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day. "

" 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. "

" My mom, Clida, taught my four brothers and me about her father's work to organize black voters in rural Louisiana in the 1950s. We carried her dad's legacy of activism with us. The Civil Rights Movement was present in the daily life of my family in Detroit in the 1970s. "

" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "

" 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. "

" If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place. "

" All I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim. "

" One of the things that will decline over time is the demand that the society or the government bring forth a particularized racial remedy based on a history of deprivation. That will be even more difficult to do in the future. "

" I know a lot of police officers who are on the force to do the right thing to protect people. But how can you deny this pattern, this disturbing pattern, Alton Sterling, Mr. Castile in my own community, Philando Castile, but then Tamir Rice, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland? "

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" Anybody that's ever been to Israel and to Palestine knows that you can't look at a person and tell if they're Israeli or Palestinian. You can assume. But I've seen Palestinians who look Swedish, and I've seen Israelis who are black. "

" Clean air and a healthy climate benefit all of us, but it will take a diverse coalition to step up to the threat posed by unchecked climate change. "

" 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. "

" What is it to be white? It does mean something to be Norwegian. It means something to be Polish or German or Spanish. But 'white' is simply a catchall for 'light-skinned person.' It doesn't really mean anything. "

" Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing. "

" Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. "

" 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. "

" I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don't believe most people, if they don't win, are just going to take their ball and go home. "

" Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits. "

" Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class. "

" I'm not a scholar of Islamic history or jurisprudence or anything. "

" 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. "

" I'm not against T.V. advertising for campaigns, but we need to emphasize field campaigning much more than we do. "

" I'm going to be fighting to rebuild the Democratic party no matter what. I'm going to be fighting to make sure the Democratic party is known among working people that we are their champion no matter what. "

" We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else. "

" 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. "

" We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up. "

" 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. "

" I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and condemn the anti-Semitic statements and actions of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and Khalid Muhammed. "

" The United States' job is not to police the whole world. "

" 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. "