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Do not despair. Do not be overwhelmed. Do not throw up our hands when it is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are.

Nov 09, 2016

Kamala Harris, Huffington Post
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The running thread through my career, has been this notion that when ordinary people get engaged, pay attention, learn about the forces that affect their lives and are able to join up with others, good stuff happens.

Nov 20, 2016

Barack Obama, New Yorker
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You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success is now our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.

Oct 21, 2016

George H. W. Bush, CNN
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What we saw yesterday was a coup. We’ll remain peaceful, but we will not be taken for fools. We must defend our country.

Oct 22, 2016

Henrique Capriles, Associated Press
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It's change versus the status quo, and when Donald Trump is president, the change will be huge.

Jul 21, 2016

Ted Cruz, BBC
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I have a few concerns/edits: Instead of ‘U.S. government’s illegal spying operations,’ I’d propose ‘U.S. government’s controversial intelligence gathering’… I would replace ‘misuse of power’ with ‘actions.’

May 13, 2014

Keith Weaver, Wikileaks
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We will have disagreements, but we will disagree as friends and never stop working together toward victory.

Aug 05, 2016

Donald Trump, CNN
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It’s time to reject the lesser evil and fight for the greater good like our lives depend on it. Because they do.

Aug 05, 2016

Jill Stein, Politico
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There's so much work to do. We will not accept the current state of our country because it's too hard to change. That's not the America I know.

Jul 28, 2016

Donald Jr. Trump, NBC News
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His vision of America is one where we Americans are kind of helpless. We need to be rescued… I can't really imagine him on a white horse, but that seems to be what he is telling us: 'I alone can fix it.'

Jul 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton, CNN
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