I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don’t believe most people, if they don’t win, are just going to take their ball and go home. – Keith Ellison
Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
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
Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I’ve ever had. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
There’s nothing wrong with any group of Americans using our democratic system in order to advance their policy views. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use it to attack them. – Keith Ellison
We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else. – Keith Ellison
The idea of a financial transaction tax on Wall Street trades is gaining momentum. I have a bill called – nicknamed the Robin Hood tax also. It’s a bill that taxes stock trades, derivatives and bonds, and would generate in the neighborhood of $300 billion a year. – Keith Ellison
Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
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
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. – Keith Ellison
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
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. – Keith Ellison
I’ll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. – Keith Ellison
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. – Keith Ellison
My values – going back to my childhood – were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism. – Keith Ellison
Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more. – Keith Ellison
What is it to be white? It does mean something to be Norwegian. It means something to be Polish or German or Spanish. But ‘white’ is simply a catchall for ‘light-skinned person.’ It doesn’t really mean anything. – Keith Ellison
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
