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As A Result Of The Citizens United Supreme Court Decision, American Democracy Is Being Undermined By The Ability Of The Koch Brothers And Other Billionaire Families. These Wealthy Contributors Can Literally Buy Politicians And Elections By Spending Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Support Of The Candidates Of Their Choice. We Need To Overturn Citizens United And Move Toward Public Funding Of Elections So That All Candidates Can Run For Office Without Being Beholden To The Wealthy And Powerful.
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As A Result Of The Citizens United Supreme Court Decision, American Democracy Is Being Undermined By The Ability Of The Koch Brothers And Other Billionaire Families. These Wealthy Contributors Can Literally Buy Politicians And Elections By Spending Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Support Of The Candidates Of Their Choice. We Need To Overturn Citizens United And Move Toward Public Funding Of Elections So That All Candidates Can Run For Office Without Being Beholden To The Wealthy And Powerful.
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Care
Veteran
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College
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Giving Up
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Dirty
Oil
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Simple
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Interesting
Today
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Crush
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Wall
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Losing
Individual
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Europe
Support
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Responsibility
People
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War
Thinking
Issues
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House
Democrat
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Thinking
People
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Senior
Fighting
Cutting
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Jobs
Class
People
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Wall
Thinking
Views
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Dumb
Republican
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Thinking
People
Trouble
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America
Corporations
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Thinking
Class
Greed
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Party
Priorities
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Running
Hands
Tvs
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Confused
Kids
Thinking
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Childhood
United States
World
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Believe
Should
Millionaire
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Xenophobia
Racism
Countering Violent Extremism And Destroying Isis Must Be Done Primarily By Muslim Nations With The Strong Support Of Their Global Partners.
Strong
Isis
Support
I Want To Break Up The Wall Street Banks. Hillary Clinton Doesn't. I Want To Raise The Minimum Wage To 15 Bucks An Hour. She Wants $12 An Hour. I Voted Against The War In Iraq. She Voted For The War In Iraq. I Believe We Should Ban Fracking. She Does Not. I Believe We Should Have Tax On Carbon And Deal Aggressively With Climate Change. That Is Not Her Position.
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War
Believe
Social Security Has Nothing To Do With The Deficit.
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Deficit
Security
I Voted Against The War In Iraq. I Voted Against The First Gulf War. I Think War Is The Last Resort - The Last Option Of A Great Military Power Like Us. I Think That We Need To Focus On Building Coalitions. Yes, Isis Must Be Destroyed. But It Should Be Destroyed By A Coalition Of Muslim Nations On The Ground With The Support Of The United States And The Other Major Powers In The Air And In Training The Troops There.
Military
War
Thinking
The Disastrous Invasion Of Iraq, Something That I Strongly Opposed, Has Unraveled The Region.
Iraq
Invasion
Regions
I Fully, Fully Concede That Secretary Hillary Clinton, Who Was Secretary Of State For Four Years, Has More Experience - Hat Is Not Arguable - In Foreign Affairs.
Years
Four
Hats
You Can't Become A Billionaire Stepping Over Children Sleeping On The Street.
Children
Sleep
Billionaire
For Many, The American Dream Has Become A Nightmare.
Dream
American Dream
Nightmare
The First Thing That I've Got To Think About Is: What Does A Donald Trump Presidency Mean For The People Of My State And For The People Of This Country? And For The People Of The World? I Think It Would Be An Absolute Disaster. It Would Be Beyond A Disaster.
Country
Mean
Thinking
I Took An Oath To Support And Defend The Constitution Of The United States, And I'm Concerned That Voting For This [anti-terrorism] Legislation Fundamentally Violates That Oath.
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Voting
Constitution Of The United States
Believe Me, Every American, Every Person In This Country, If I Have Anything To Say About It, Will Know Precisely What Is Going On With Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid, Because They Are Beginning To Appoint People Who Are Typical Right-wing Republicans Who Want To Privatize And Cut Social Security.
Country
Believe
Cutting
Politics In A Democratic Society Should Not Be Treated Like A Baseball Game, A Game Show Or A Soap Opera. The Times Are Too Serious For That.
Baseball
Games
Soap
I Move That Hillary Clinton Be Selected As The Nominee Of The Democratic Party For President Of The United States.
Party
Moving
President
I Have Not Heard Almost Anybody Suggest That Raising The Minimum Wage To The Level We Have In Vermont Has Been An Impediment To Our Economy Which Is Doing Reasonably Well ... If Somebody Is Going To Work That Person Has Got To Receive At Least A Wage That They Can Go Out And Live With Dignity On. That's An Extremely Important Point.
Important
Minimum Wage
Levels
I Understood That These Trade Agreements Were Going To Destroy The Middle Class Of This Country. I Led The Fight Against Us. That Is One Of The Major Differences That We Have.
Country
Fighting
Agreement
Interestingly, A Lot Of The Polling That I See Is Not Along Racial Lines, But Along Generational Lines. We Are Doing Better And Better Among Younger People, Not So Well Among Older People, Whether They're African-american, Whether They're White Or Whether They're Latino.
White
People
African American
I Would Say That, You Know, Being Jewish, What Has Been Most Significant In My Life Is Understanding What A Hitler - What Horrible Politics Can Mean To People And I Think That's Been One Of The Motivating Factors In My Life In Fighting Against Racism And Bigotry Of All Kinds Because When It Gets Out Of Hand, As We Have Seen And We Are, You Know - It's Obviously Has Unbelievable Repercussions.
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Fighting
Thinking
We Are Living At A Time Where A Handful Of People Have Wealth Beyond Comprehension - Huge Yachts, Jet Planes, Tens Of Billions Of Dollars, More Money Than They Could Spend In A Thousand Lifetimes. But At The Same Time, Millions Of People Are Struggling To Feed Their Families Or Put A Roof Over Their Heads Or Find The Money To Go To A Doctor.
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Doctors
People
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Stronger
Needs
In My View, There Is No Justice When The 15 Wealthiest People In This Country In The Last Two Years, Saw Their Wealth Increase By $170 Billion. That Is More Wealth Acquired In A Two Year Period Than Is Owned By The Bottom 130 Million Americans.
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Views
Years
When My Republican Colleagues Talk About Family Values, They Mean That A Woman Should Not Be Able To Have The Right To Control Her Own Body; That Women Should Not Be Able To Purchase The Contraceptives That They Want. Those Are Their Family Values, Not Our Family Values.
Mean
Body
Want
Prescription Drug Prices Are Skyrocketing And One-third Of All Seniors Depend On Social Security For At Least 90% Of Their Income.
Senior
Drug
Income
As A United States Senator, I've Got To Do Everything That I Can To Make Sure That Trump Does Not Become President.
President
United States
Doe
Today, The Top One-tenth Of 1% Owns Nearly As Much Wealth As The Bottom 90%. The Economic Game Is Rigged, And This Level Of Inequality Is Unsustainable. We Need An Economy That Works For All, Not Just The Powerful.
Powerful
Games
Needs
Vermont Is Such A Small State, And The Most Money That's Ever Been Spent In The History Of Political Campaigns There Is $2 Million. That Number Is Going To Be Surpassed Many Times. Vermont Remains A "cheap State" For The Republican National Committee. So Putting $5 Or $10 Million Into Vermont - Compared To New York Or California Or Illinois - That's Small Potatoes.
New York
Illinois
California
The Case To Be Made Is That We Have Got To Get People Involved - Continue To Get People Involved In The Political Process At Every Level.
People
Political
I Want To Say Something, And It May Sound Harsh, Not To You, But To The American People. In A Sense, In My View, The Business Model Of Wall Street Is Fraud. It's Fraud. I Believe That Corruption Is Rampant, And The Fact That Major Bank After Major Bank Has Reached Multi Billion Dollar Settlements With The United States Government When We Have A Weak Regulator System Tells Me That Not Only Did We Have To Bail Them Out Once, If We Don't Start Breaking Them Up, We're Going To Have To Bail Them Out Again, And I Do Not Want To See That Happen.
Wall
Believe
Government
I Think My Main Concern Is Because I Worry About Demagoguery. It`s Real. You See The People Standing Up There And Applauding.
Real
Thinking
People
I Do Believe That In The Future, Not By Dismantling What We Have Here - I Helped Write That Bill - But By Moving Forward, Rallying The American People, I Do Believe We Should Have Health Care For All.
Moving Forward
Believe
Writing
We Have To Say To The Billionaire Class, Enough Is Enough. You Cannot Have It All. You Are Going To Pay More In Taxes.
Class
Pay
Enough
I Think That The Needs Of The Va And The Needs Of The Veteran Community Are Very, Very Significant. Цe're Talking About A Va System In Which, In The Last Years A Million-and-a-half More People Have Come Into The System. You're Dealing With 500,000 People Have Come Home From Iraq An Afghanistan With Ptsd And Tbi. You're Dealing With An Older Veterans Population From World War Ii And Korea Who Need Some Difficult Medical Help. We Want To See It Be More Efficient. We Want To See Doctors Go To Where They're Needed.
War
Home
Thinking
If You Looked At Jeb Bush's Campaign, It's More Than Just Money. It's The Nature Of The Candidate And The Message And All That Stuff.
Campaigns
Stuff
Messages
I Wanna End The International Embarrassment Of The United States Of America Being The Only Major Country On Earth That Doesn't Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right, Not A Privilege.
Country
America
People
The Democrats Have Got To Open The Door To Young People. Welcome Them In And Understand That It Will Be Messy, That Many Young People Are Not Professional Politicians. The Democratic Party Is Going To Have To Adjust Itself To Their Reality, Rather Than Force Young People To Be Adjusted To The Democratic Leadership's Reality.
Party
Reality
Doors
I Think, The Most Progress I Have Agenda, The Progressive Platform In The History Of The Democratic Party. So We Have Got To Continue Bringing People In, Fighting For An Agenda That Works For Working Families And Having The Courage To Take On The Big Money People Who Today Control Our Economic And Political Life.
Party
Fighting
Thinking
You've Got The Top 400 Americans Owning More Wealth Than The Bottom 150 Million Americans. Most Folks Do Not Think That Is Right.
Thinking
Wealth
Folks
I Don't Run Against Hillary Clinton. I Run On The Most Important Issues Facing America.
Running
America
Issues
Do I Consider Myself A Part Of The Casino Capitalist Process? No I Don't. I Believe In A Society Where All People Do Well.
Believe
People
Casinos
I Think It Is Now Widely Understood That The So-called "war On Drugs" Has Largely Been A Failure. Too Many People Have Developed Criminal Records For Smoking Marijuana. Too Many People Have Gone To Jail For Nonviolent Crimes. So I Think It's Important For Us To Rethink The War On Drugs.
War
Thinking
Marijuana
We Are Looking At A Lot Of Dishonest News That Comes Across Where People Are Lying Outrageously About Other People. And I Hope That Folks On All Sides Could Say, "look, I Disagree With Him Or Her, But That Is An Outrageous Lie."
Lying
People
Disagree
What The American People Want To See In Their President Is Somebody Who Not Necessarily Can Win Every Fight, But They Want To See Him Stand Up And Fight For What He Believes, Take His Case To The American People.
Believe
Fighting
Winning
We Need An Energy Revolution By Breaking Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels, Polluting Fuels... I Am Very, Very Confident Our Small State Will Lead This. We Will Be Noticed By The Country And The World.
Country
Energy
Needs
When I Talked About Boeing And I Talked About General Electric, What I Was Referring To Is An Outrage... Right Now You Have A Loophole Such That These Guys Are Putting Their Profits, Multi-billion Dollar Profitable Corporations Putting Billions Of Dollars Into The Cayman Islands, Bermuda, And Other Tax Havens.
Islands
Guy
Boeing
The Affordable Care Act Has Clearly, As Secretary Clinton Made The Point, Done A Lot Of Good Things, But, What It Has Not Done Is Dealt With The Fact We Have 29 Million People Today Who Have Zero Health Insurance, We Have Even More Who Are Underinsured With Large Deductibles And Copayments And Prescription Drug Prices Are Off The Wall.
Zero
Wall
People
What Democratic Socialism Is About Is Saying That It Is Immoral And Wrong That The Top One-tenth Of 1 Percent In This Country Own Almost 90 Percent - Almost - Own Almost As Much Wealth As The Bottom 90 Percent. That It Is Wrong, Today, In A Rigged Economy, That 57 Percent Of All New Income Is Going To The Top 1 Percent. That When You Look Around The World, You See Every Other Major Country Providing Health Care To All People As A Right, Except The United States.
Country
Democratic Socialism
People
We Are Going To Do Everything That We Can To Protect Working Families In This Country.
Country
Protect
Let's Ask Why It Is That We Pay, By Far, The Highest Prices In The World For Prescription Drugs, And Your Medicine Can Be Doubled Tomorrow, And There's Nothing That The Government Can Do To Stop It.
Medicine
Government
Drug
Muslims Are Not Your Enemy.
Enemy
Don`t Go To The Dark Side. Don`t Go Bashing Immigrants Or Muslims.
Dark
Sides
Dark Side
Democrats Need To Become A 50-state Party. You Can't Have A Great Party On The West Coast And The East Coast. You Need To Have A Party In All 50 States.
Party
Democrat
As A Result Of The Citizens United Supreme Court Decision, American Democracy Is Being Undermined By The Ability Of The Koch Brothers And Other Billionaire Families. These Wealthy Contributors Can Literally Buy Politicians And Elections By Spending Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Support Of The Candidates Of Their Choice. We Need To Overturn Citizens United And Move Toward Public Funding Of Elections So That All Candidates Can Run For Office Without Being Beholden To The Wealthy And Powerful.
Running
Brother
Powerful
We Are Rapidly Moving Toward A Nation Of The Super-rich, By The Super-rich And For The Super-rich
Moving
Rich
Nations
The Problems We Face, Did Not Come Down From The Heavens. They Are Made, They Are Made By Bad Human Decisions, And Good Human Decisions Can Change Them.
Heaven
Decision
Faces
If A Financial Institution Is Too Big To Fail, It Is Too Big To Exist.
Financial
Failing
Institutions
Politics Is Not About A Person. We Transform America Not By Electing Some Guy Or Woman To Be President; We Transform This Country When Millions Of People Stand Up And Fight Back. That Will Result In Good Leadership On Top. So The Goal Right Now Is Not To Worry About Who's Going To Be Running In 2020 Or 2080. The Goal Now Is To Mobilize Millions Of People Around A Progressive Agenda.
Running
Country
Fighting
I Think We Should Support Entrepreneurialship.
Thinking
Support
Should
This Is What Class Warfare Looks Like: The Business Roundtable - Representing Goldman Sachs, Bank Of America, Jp Morgan Chase And Others - Has Called On Congress To Raise The Eligibility Age Of Social Security And Medicare To 70, Cut Social Security And Veterans' Colas, Raise Taxes On Working Families And Cut Taxes For The Largest Corporations In America.
Cutting
Class
America
Approximately 82% Of The American People Believe Labeling Should Take Place With Regard To Genetically Engineered Ingredients. All Over This Country People Are Increasingly Concerned About The Quality Of The Food They Are Ingesting And The Food They Are Giving To Their Kids. People Want To Know What Is In Their Food, And I Believe That Is A Very Reasonable Request.
Country
Believe
Kids
Today, Over Half Of American Workers Have Less Than $10,000 In Savings And Have No Idea How They Will Be Able To Retire With Any Shred Of Dignity.
Ideas
Saving
Half
We Can Combat Climate Change Effectively. What We Are Lacking Now Is Not The Brain Power, Not The Knowledge, Not The Technology. What We Are Lacking Is The Political Will Power, And We Need Your Help By The Millions To Tell Congress To Stop Worrying About Their Fossil Fuel Contributors To Their Campaigns And Worry About Their Kids And Grandchildren.
Kids
Grandchildren
Technology
Please Don't Suggest That I Think We Normalize Relations With Tehran Tomorrow. We Don't. But I Would Like To See Us Move Forward, And Hopefully Some Day That Will Happen.
Moving
Thinking
Tomorrow
I Believe, Along With Pope Francis And Almost All Scientists, That Climate Change Is Threatening This Planet In Horrendous Ways, And That We Have To Be Aggressive In Transforming Our Energy System Away From Fossil Fuel And Defeat The Keystone Pipeline.
Believe
Energy
Climate
Finally, Let Understand That When We Stand Together, We Will Always Win. When Men And Women Stand Together For Justice, We Win. When Black, White And Hispanic People Stand Together For Justice, We Win.
Winning
Men
White
The Truth Is We Have A Political System And An Economic System Controlled By A Few Extremely Wealthy People. Not Barack Obama, Not Bernie Sanders, No One Person Has The Influence By Himself Or Herself To Take On This Enormous Array Of Power Unless Millions Of People Begin To Work Together To Demand Changes.
People
Political
Together
We Must Fundamentally Restructure Our Student Loan Program. It Makes No Sense That Students And Their Parents Are Forced To Pay Interest Rates For Higher Education Loans That Are Much Higher Than They Pay For Car Loans Or Housing Mortgages.
Car
Parent
Pay
The American People Are Growing Extremely Unhappy With Establishment Politics, With Establishment Economics, And You Know What Else? Even With Establishment Media.
Media
People
Unhappy
Climate Change Is Real, Caused By Human Activity And Already Devastating Our Nation And Planet. The United States Must Lead The World In Combating Climate Change And Transforming Our Energy System Away From Fossil Fuels And Toward Energy Efficiency And Sustainability.
Real
United States
Fuel
Donald Trump's Language Has Been Atrocious, His Behavior Toward Women.
Language
Behavior
Trump
I Did Work With John Mccain. I Did Work With Jeff Miller Over In The House. And We Put Together Not The Bill That I Wanted, But Probably The Most Comprehensive V.a. Health Care Bill In The Modern History Of This Country.
Country
House
Together
When We Talk About The Healthcare Crisis In America We've Got To Also Be Talking About The Dental Crisis And How To Address It.
Talking
America
Addresses
The American People In My View Will Never Support A Candidate Whose Major Theme Is Bigotry.
Views
People
Support
If People Envisage Me In The Senate They Might Think Of Me As Someone Who Would Emulate Paul Wellstone, Fighting For The Issues He Fought For. He Was A Good Friend Of Mine. We'll Be Trying To Do A Couple Of Things. One Is Fighting For National Health Care. Another Is Fighting To Raise The Minimum Wage To A Living Wage, And Changing Our Trade Policies.
Couple
Fighting
Good Friend
This Is What Oligarchy Looks Like: Today, The Top One-tenth Of 1 Percent Owns Almost As Much Wealth As The Bottom 90 Percent. The Top One-hundredth Of 1 Percent Makes More Than 40 Percent Of All Campaign Contributions. The Billionaire Class Owns The Political System And Reaps The Benefits From It.
Class
Political
Campaigns
When A Mother Has A Baby, She Should Stay Home With That Baby.
Mother
Baby
Home
Donald Trump Tapped Into The Anger Of A Declining Middle Class That Is Sick And Tired Of Establishment Economics, Establishment Politics And The Establishment Media.
Tired
Media
Class
When Hillary Clinton Ran Against Senator [barack] Obama She Thought Him Naive Because He Thought It Was A Good Idea To Talk To Our Enemies. I Think Those Are Exactly The People You Have To Talk To And You Have To Negotiate With.
Thinking
Ideas
People
I Think If We're Looking At Lasting Peace In The Middle East, The United States Has Got To Respect The Needs Of The Palestinian People. They Cannot Be Pushed Aside.
Thinking
People
United States
Every Decision That Donald Trump Makes Is Going To Impact His Bottom Line Of Some Business That He Owns All Over The World. So It Remains A Huge Issue.
Impact
Issues
Decision
Clearly We Must Do Everything We Can To Protect Our Country From The Serious Potential Of Another Terrorist Attack, But We Can And Must Do So In A Way That Also Protects The Constitutional Rights Of The American People And Maintains Our Free Society. We Can Do That Without Living In An Orwellian World Where The Government And Private Corporations Know Every Telephone Call That We Make, Every Website We Visit, Everyplace We Go.
Country
Rights
Government
I Do Not Accept The Belief That The United States Of America And Our Government Can't Stand Up To The Ripoffs Of The Pharmaceutical Industry Which Charge Us By Far The Highest Prices In The World For Prescription Drugs.
America
Government
Drug
In Terms Of Media, We Did Not Get The Kind Of Media Attention That Somebody Like A Donald Trump Got, Because Media Is Not Necessarily Interested In The Issues Facing The Middle Class, More Interested In Attacks In Personality. So I Think There Were A Lot Of Reasons.
Thinking
Issues
Media
I Think Everybody Is In Agreement That America Is A Great Entrepreneurial Nation. We Have Got To Encourage That. Of Course, We Have To Support Small And Medium-sized Businesses. But You Can Have All Of The Growth That You Want And It Doesn't Mean Anything If All Of The New Income And Wealth Is Going To The Top 1 Percent.
Mean
Thinking
Agreement
Republicans Talk A Good Game About Veterans, But When It Came To Put Money On The Line To Protect Our Veterans, Frankly, They Were Not There.
Games
Our Veterans
Lines
I`m A Former Mayor. I Know That Being A Cop Is Not An Easy Job. But When Police Officers Misbehave, They`ve Got To Be Held Accountable.
Jobs
Police
Cop
I've Run For Statewide Office Plenty Of Times, And People Know Me.
Running
People
Office
I Don't Go Around Every Other Day Calling For Governors To Resign. I Don't Think I Ever Have.
Thinking
Calling
Governors
I Think It Is Important That Independent Government Agencies Be Put In Charge Of Investigating Misconduct So That Police Departments Are No Longer Allowed To Police Themselves. There Is A Conflict Of Interest There Which, I Believe, Allows Police To Excuse Their Own Behavior.
Believe
Independent
Thinking
Things Are Getting Worse. You Know, When You Look At This Campaign, And You Realize The Enormously Serious Issues This Country Faces, Right, We Got A Collapsing Middle Class. We Have More Wealth And Income Inequality Today Than We've Had Since The 1920s. We Have All Of These Enormous Issues.
Country
Today
Serious
It Would, I Think, Be Hard For Anyone To Make The Case That The United States Is A Just Society Or Anything Close To A Just Society. In America Today, There Is Massive Injustice In Terms Of Income And Wealth Inequality. Injustice Is Rampant.
Thinking
America
United States
What A Grassroots Party Is About Is People Getting Excited, Getting Involved In The Local Political Process, Saying, We Want Our Candidate To Run For Office, We Want Him To Run For Office, And We're Going To Get Involved And Make Sure That He Or She Wins.
Running
Party
Winning
I Do Believe That If Millions Of People Do Stand Up And Fight Back, We Can Stop Donald Trump From Doing Some Really Awful Things.
Believe
Fighting
People
I Did A Lot Of Reading. I Read About Democratic Socialism. And I Read About The Efforts Of People For Such A Long Time Trying To Create A Society In Which All People Can Live With Dignity. And That's Kind Of What I Believe.
Believe
Reading
Democratic Socialism
When People Get Out Of Jail, It Is Not Easy For Them To Find A Job. It Is Not Easy For Them To Return To Civil Society.
Jobs
Jail
People
No President, Not The Smartest, Best Human Being In The World Can Do It Alone. You Cannot Take On This, The Power That Is In Washington, To Billionaires And Lobbyist, The Military Industrial Complex, All Of This Money And Power, You Can`t Do It. You Need A Mass Movement Of American Who Are Looking In Congress And We Say Directly.
Military
President
Lobbyists
When You Look At Somebody Like A Netanyahu, To Simply Not Understand That This Is A Right-wing Politician, A Guy Who Kind Of Crashed The United States Congress To Give His Speech There, Ignoring President Obama, Not Even Consulting With Him, Using It For Political Purposes Back Home, A Guy Who Has Supported The Youth - The Growth Of Settlement, I Think The - The Overreaction And The Destruction Of Gaza Went Too, Too Far. Israel Should Not Be Bombing Schools Or Homes, Just Terrible Damage There.
Home
School
Thinking
Let Us Wage A Moral And Political War Against War Itself, So That We Can Cut Military Spending And Use That Money For Human Needs.
Military
War
Cutting
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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