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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?

- Keith Ellison

Own, Police Officers, Mike, Brown

I have always been a fierce fighter against anti-Semitism. I oppose it and always have.

- Keith Ellison

Always, Against, Been, Anti-Semitism

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.

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Believe, East, Discussions, Public Policy

Decent wages keep people out of homeless shelters. Decent wages allow families to afford books and, I don't know, school fees and things like that.

- Keith Ellison

Like, Fees, Allow, Homeless

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.

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Financial, Year, Idea, Trades

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.

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Need, Been, Speaking, Marginalized

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.

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Will, Over, Based, Remedy

I think that anybody who is going to be the standard-bearer, the spokesman for the progressive movement, in the context of a presidential race, has got to learn to master the language and really get their finger on the pulse of how people are feeling. I think that's really important.

- Keith Ellison

Language, I Think, Anybody, Pulse

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.

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Beginning, Bus, Had, Converted

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.

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Mechanic, Republican, Your, Engine

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

Humility, Some, Other, Worried

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.

- Keith Ellison

Tell, Been, Anybody, Israelis

I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life.

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College, My Life, Been, State University

I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.

- Keith Ellison

Own, My Own, Which, Tolerance

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

Gun, Big, Through, Sensible

I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not.

- Keith Ellison

Faith, Like, About, Articulate

Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance.

- Keith Ellison

Environmental, Spending, Manufacturing

While there are corporal descriptions of what the afterlife is like in Christianity, Islam and Judaism, what's going on there is the finite trying to describe the infinite. If God knows everything, started everything and is the only one who knows how it's going to end, how can any human know what God wants?

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Christianity, Infinite, Descriptions

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.

- Keith Ellison

Think, Go Home, Include, Debates

The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

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Middle, Breaks, Billionaires, Tax Breaks

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.

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Everybody, Sure, Means, Primary

Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.

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Middle, Away, Forced, Scrape

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

Dean, Joe, Poland, Warren

Americans deserve journalists who provide responsible, objective reporting.

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Deserve, Provide, Reporting

Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.

- Keith Ellison

Voting, Protest, Surrender

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.

- Keith Ellison

Role, I Think, Harm, Businesses

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

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Middle, Vibrant, Modern Age, Implemented

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.

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Legacy, Brothers, Voters, 1970s

We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.

- Keith Ellison

Strong, Protects, Goods, Table

We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included.

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Veterans, Like, Sure, Fully

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