A Quote by Cory Booker
Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so.
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Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
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People are saying, "I have a right to my opinion. Don't just keep condescending, telling me what to think." There's something slightly liberating about that, but also it lends itself to being taken advantage of, because in come the demagogues.
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We must ask ourselves: Are we a confident, forward-looking nation that builds monuments - like DACA - to hope and determination? Or are we a nation that is turned inward, lauding monuments to intolerance and division?
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