Frases de Keith Ellison

Keith Maurice Ellison é um advogado e político estado-unidense, membro do Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, afiliado do Partido Democrata. É desde 2007 representante na Câmara dos Representantes pelo 5.º círculo eleitoral do Minnesota.

Foi o primeiro muçulmano eleito para o Congresso, em 2006, e um dos primeiros membros a fazer juramento sobre uma cópia do Corão. Foi também o primeiro afro-americano eleito pelo Minnesota para o Congresso. Wikipedia

✵ 4. Agosto 1963

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“I believe a message of solidarity, and economic opportunity, and prosperity is going to win out, and that`s what the Democratic Party stands for, and that is where we`re going to have our focus.”

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Interview with Chris Hayes, November 14, 2016. http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/all-in/2016-11-14

“It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that. After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it and it put the leader of that country [Hitler] in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted. The fact is that I'm not saying [Sept. 11] was a [U. S. ] plan, or anything like that because, you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box - dismiss you.”

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Meeting with Atheists for Human Rights, July 08, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070710224408/http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1291147.html

“What role does faith play in my life and when do I talk about it? I talk about it when I'm asked about it. That's pretty much my rule. I don't - I believe that faith is important to Americans, but I also believe very firmly in that constitutional amendment which says Congress shall make no law establishing religion or abridging the free exercise thereof. So it's important in American life, I feel that it is absolutely inappropriate to impose my faith on anyone. But when people want to discuss matters of faith, I find myself willing to do that.”

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Interview with Michel Martin, Feb 2014. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=283904789