Keith Ellison Quotes
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Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.
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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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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.
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When voters know what Democrats stand for, we can improve the lives of all Americans, no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation.
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Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.
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Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.
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Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them.
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I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not.
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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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We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.
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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.
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I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and condemn the anti-Semitic statements and actions of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and Khalid Muhammed.
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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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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.
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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.
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When I hear about these terrorist ideologies, they are completely foreign and strange to me. I mean, to me, it's, like, antithetical.
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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.
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The real problem for Democrats is we've got to help people believe, and then we've got to deliver the message to them. Believe what? That we are absolutely, unshakeably on their side, and we're going to fight for them every single minute.
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I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't.
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I was born and raised in Detroit.