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" When voters know what Democrats stand for, we can improve the lives of all Americans, no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation. "
Keith Ellison
Stand
Race
Matter
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" 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. "
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She
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" I understand the risks associated with being a soldier. But I think as members of Congress, we should not intensify the chance that we'll have to commit troops to a military conflict unless it's absolutely necessary to defend the nation. "
Keith Ellison
Soldier
Conflict
Risks
" I think that whenever businesses harm the economy, harm workers, harm consumers, or undermine human rights in any way, then it is the role of the government to make sure that they don't do that and to make sure that markets are fair and they operate properly. "
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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
" 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. "
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Bridges
Work
Meetings
" The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again. "
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America
People
Truth
" Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. "
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Place
Better Place
Better
" 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
" People spend money on negative campaigning because it works. "
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Spend
People
Money
" I was born and raised in Detroit. "
Keith Ellison
Born
Raised
I Was Born
" My faith and my identity as a Muslim - I never saw it as something that made my job harder. It's just an aspect of who I am. "
Keith Ellison
Just
Never
Faith
" 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
" 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
" I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not. "
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Who
Faith
Hear
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Actions
Deep
Islam
" 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
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Got
Party
Just
" A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal. "
Keith Ellison
Fix
You
Car
" The government has a right - the government and the people of the United States have a right to run the programs of the United States. Health, welfare, housing - all these things. "
Keith Ellison
People
Government
Health
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
History
Time
Society
" When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you. "
Keith Ellison
Leader
You
Vote
" 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
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Going
Party
People
" 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. "
Keith Ellison
Run
You
Place
" Democrats need an organizer who will energize the grass-roots across this country to build the party from the bottom up. "
Keith Ellison
Party
Build
Need
" We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included. "
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Veterans
Feel
Got
" We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up. "
Keith Ellison
Step
Times
Crisis
" How are we all going to pitch in to fix this party to make working America know that the Democratic party is absolutely on their side? That's the real question. "
Keith Ellison
Question
Real
Party
" I'm an energetic person. I work hard. "
Keith Ellison
Energetic
Hard
Person
" Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. "
Keith Ellison
Protest
Voting
Surrender