Keith Ellison Quotes

It is not unpatriotic to acknowledge America’s faults. No country is perfect… We can’t reach the top of the mountain if we don’t fix the injustice and confront our lies.

~ Keith Ellison

The people who lead us are of us. We put them in office and we can take them out. America proves that the people can govern themselves.

~ Keith Ellison

I raised my right hand and placed my left on the Quran, which was being held by my wife and mom. Suddenly, I was blinded by a cascade of camera flashes...

~ Keith Ellison

[Martin Luther King] said that little black boys and little black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers. Then he reminded both those spectators before him and all Americans that this hope of his, this faith, was rooted in the promise of America.

~ Keith Ellison

America operates under the notion of equality before the law. Basic fairness is an article of faith. We may not agree on everything all of the time, but we select our leaders together. And when we don’t want them anymore, we get rid of them.

~ Keith Ellison

A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal.

~ Keith Ellison

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

~ Keith Ellison

Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance.

~ Keith Ellison