Top 173 Quotes & Sayings by Keith Ellison
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
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.
Vehicle emissions standards directly sparked the development and application of a wide range of automotive technologies that are now found throughout the global automobile market.
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.
Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class.
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.
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.
You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.
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.
Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing.
The United States' job is not to police the whole world.
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.
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.
Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall. Because at the end of the day, we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is.
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.
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?
There must be something in the water in Minnesota because historically, despite its seemingly homogeneous population, the state has produced some of our more radical political thinkers, and its people have put their prejudices aside to vote for them.
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.
When I hear about these terrorist ideologies, they are completely foreign and strange to me. I mean, to me, it's, like, antithetical.
I'd tell you whose brand was tainted is Donald Trump. I mean, this guy was tainted every kind of way you could imagine. I mean, no way in the world that Donald Trump is a champion of working people.
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.
I'm not against T.V. advertising for campaigns, but we need to emphasize field campaigning much more than we do.
There's nothing wrong with any group of Americans using our democratic system in order to advance their policy views.
Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate.
I was born and raised in Detroit.
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.
Americans deserve journalists who provide responsible, objective reporting.
People spend money on negative campaigning because it works.
I'm not a scholar of Islamic history or jurisprudence or anything.
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'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.
When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.
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.
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.
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.
Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.
The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.
Democrats need an organizer who will energize the grass-roots across this country to build the party from the bottom up.
Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.
People will politicize religion; we see it in every faith, in every religion. We see it with Pat Robertson, in my opinion, and we see it with the Taliban.
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.
I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't.
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.
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.
Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy.
I'm an energetic person. I work hard.
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.
Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them.
I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am.
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.
The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
I have always been a fierce fighter against anti-Semitism. I oppose it and always have.
I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not.
Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.
Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.
When voters know what Democrats stand for, we can improve the lives of all Americans, no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation.
Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.
We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.
We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first.
Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance.
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.
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