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"40 Ilhan Omar Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 4 October 1981 | Politician |

This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.

Hope Create Home Person
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I have a duty to teach my people about their rights and protect them from being bamboozled.

Duty Teach People Right
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Some suggest that, as a woman, I meddle in political affairs and need to be 'put in my place.'
Suggest Woman Meddle Political
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I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

Committed Growing Participation Political
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My family called me the 'why kid' growing up. I always needed to know why something is happening, why I had to do something, why whatever.

Happening Family Kid Growing
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Every student has something to offer, and every student deserves a nurturing learning environment.
Student Offer Deserve Environment
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Learning is not limited to the classroom, and Minnesota shouldn't limit its education resources there, either.

Learning Classroom Minnesota Education
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I want my children to attend inclusive schools where diversity is respected and acknowledged as a sign of strength.

Children Attend Schools Diversity
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American hate is not new - and it is not scarce.

American Hate Scarce
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We must see others' struggles as our own, and their success as our success, so we can speak to our common humanity.

Struggles Own Success Speak
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We need to recognize that racism has never been subtle, though it has gone underreported.

Need Recognize Racism
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I am much more interested in defending my ideas than defending my identities.

Interested Defending Ideas
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I look forward to being a voice of reason in fighting for transparent and accountable budgets.

Forward Voice Reason Fighting
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Truly, this is a nation that sees itself as one that instills hope and is really about allowing people to pursue their dreams.
Nation Allowing Pursue Dreams
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If we are not actively fighting against regressive ideologies, we are contributing to making them grow.

Fighting Regressive Ideologies Grow
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I know that when we interact with those we fear and hate, we will find commonality.

Interact Fear Hate Commonality
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When people were selling the politics of fear and division and destruction, we were talking about hope. We were talking about the politics of joy.

People Fear Politics Division
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I believe women and minorities often wait for permission to be invited to something; we need to stop doing that.

Believe Woman Minorities Permission
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This is a land of immigrants, and most come here for opportunity, a second chance.
Land Immigrants Opportunity Chance
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It's our time to fight for the America we know we can have.
Time Fight America Have
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I grew up under a dictatorship. I knew what it meant for people to not have the ability to freely express themselves.

Dictatorship People Ability Express
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I grew up in a household where we all celebrated who we were. There was no space to make people feel different or 'less than.'
Grew Household Celebrated People
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We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

Need Constantly Representative Democracy
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We can all agree that we need to be helping small businesses. All of us can agree that the cost of higher education is too high, and college debt is too big of a burden for young people.

Agree Small Business Cost
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My kids have been around politics since they were little.
Kids Around Politics Little
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I have a great sense of who I am.
Have Great Sense Who
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I've always said you get what you organize for.

Said Get You Organize
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I would have loved to have heard a story like mine. I could have used it as an inspiration to get by.

Loved Heard Story Inspiration
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I have been very fortunate to have a partner who really stepped up and have wonderful children who do a lot of things that make it easy for Mommy to do this work.

Fortunate Partner Stepped Wonderful
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When I was coming to this country, I heard about its promises.

Coming Country Promises
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I believe in the ideals of America, in liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.

Believe Happiness America Liberty
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I know what it feels like to be a young family looking for opportunity in the United States.

Feels Young Family Opportunity
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I try not to think of my life in terms of separation.
Think Life Separation
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My kids are part of the rest of my community and my wider family.

Kids Rest Community Wider
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I come from people who dreamed of a free democratic system. I believe so strongly in the process and equal access.

People Dreamed Democratic System
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Our immigration policy should be based in compassion and a desire to help the other.

Imagination Policy Compassion Desire
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I think being an immigrant makes me overly optimistic.

Think Immigrant Optimist
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I will never apologize for standing up against oppression and injustice in Israel or anywhere else.

Apologize Standing Oppression Israel
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I know how it feels to be hated because of my religious beliefs.
Feels Hated Religious Beliefs
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I am proof that, as Americans, we can embrace our differences.

Proof Americans Embrace Differences
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Ilhan Omar Quotes & Sayings