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

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Author Profession: Politician

Nationality: American

Born: August 4, 1963

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Protest, Surrender, Voting

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

Fierce, Fighter, Always, Anti-Semitism

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

Relationship, Day, Election, Doors, Long

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. Keith Ellison

Day, End, Beginning, End Of The Day, Bus

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, Bridge, Dinner, Dinner Table

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

Community, People, Police, You, Know

I think it's dangerous to prosecute people for their political views and their political associations. I think you prosecute people for what they do, for their acts. Keith Ellison

People, Think, Political, You, Dangerous

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? Keith Ellison

God, End, Trying, Islam, Know, Infinite

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. Keith Ellison

Yourself, Democracy, Fight, Long, You

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. Keith Ellison

Change, Step, Climate Change, Healthy

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. Keith Ellison

People, Long, Want, Out, Should, Get

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

Environmental, Construction, Engineering

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

Faith, Path, God, Religion, People, Down

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

America, Party, Know, Question, Real

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

Live, Stand, Stand Up, Key, Priorities

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