American - Politician | November 24, 1935 - July 30, 2018
Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.
Ron Dellums
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I'm just a guy. If you hit me, I hurt, and if you cut me, I bleed.
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If being an advocate of peace, justice, and humanity toward all human beings is radical, then I'm glad to be called radical. And if it is radical to oppose the use of 70 percent of federal monies for destruction and war, then I am a radical.
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If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.
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I want balance in my life.
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I think democratic socialism will ultimately prevail in this country because it makes an enormous amount of sense.
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The Constitution is designed to inconvenience one person from taking us to war. War is a very solemn and sobering and extraordinary act, and it should not be granted to one person.
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Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.
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If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.
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If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America.
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I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of people don't support you.'
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The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of game playing. There ought to be comprehensive childcare, a comprehensive approach to housing, a sane, rational way to finance education. But I also strongly believe in the notion of fundamental individual freedom.
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