"Right now what my job is, and..." - Quote by John Lewis
Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.
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“I would like to think that we have made much more progress, that we've come much further, to have someone like a Donald Trump to emerge as the nominee of a major political party.”
“Sensible people have got to work together.”
“We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.”
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“Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- by force of circumstances, not argument -- to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.”
“Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.”
“If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.”
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“Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.”
“Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.”
“The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.”