Beto O Rourke Quotes

As a white man who has had privileges that others could not depend on or take for granted, I've clearly had advantages over the course of my life.
At almost every step of modern immigration policy and immigration politics, we have exacerbated underlying problems and made things worse.
Courage makes victory possible.
El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
End racial and ethnic gerrymandering, stop voter I.D. laws that seek to suppress voters of color, and make sure everyone can add their voice and their vote to this great democracy.
Giving low-level offenders a second chance, no matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold, can create opportunity for all of us.
Here's what we know: after the Secure Fence Act, we have built 600 miles of wall and fencing on a 2,000 mile border. What that has done is not in any demonstrable way made us safer.
I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.
I don't know how old I was when I first started going to shows, maybe 14 or 15, but very quickly, I discovered Dischord Records in D.C. and loved all the music on that catalog. I was a big Rites of Spring fan, Minor Threat, of course.
I don't know that my colleagues in Congress really care about what happens here in El Paso and in Juarez. They care what happens in their home district.
I have to convince other Democrats and Republicans that it's wise to invest in the U.S.-Mexico border, not just for security, but also for mobility and trade, and that's why we should open up the border.
I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.
I think competition always produces better results than a monopoly.
I think corporations should be asked to pay a greater share into the success of this country.
I think for some, the very wealthiest among us, for corporations, taxes are too low.
I was born in '72, and my dad was county judge of El Paso from '82 to '86. He was just as independent as he could be, and had an amazing joy in life and in being with people, which, from my perspective as a kid, was that he was always going to do the right thing, and damn the consequences - political or otherwise.
I will not put the life of an American service member on the line unless that is the option of last resort.
I'm for the DREAM Act. It makes so much sense. Following the implementation of the DREAM Act, we'll have a case study we can point to where we can say that we provided a path to citizenship or legal involvement in the community for these young immigrants, and the sky didn't fall.
I'm pretty - I'm pretty animated.
I'm the original co-sponsor of an assault weapons ban.
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