Julian Castro Zitate auf Englisch

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Hispanics have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act.

It's time to remove the stigma associated with promoting homeownership.

Julian Castro

We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases.

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Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.

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I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had.

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Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

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I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.

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I believe that Secretary Clinton has said, has acknowledged, that that was not the best way to handle her emails back then... and has turned over all of the information and the emails and documents and now the server.

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The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.

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My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward.

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People are getting more active and living healthier in San Antonio, whether it's walking, cycling, or using our parks. We now have concrete evidence that our investments are paying off and positively impacting the health of our families and the overall quality of life in San Antonio.

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My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves.

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And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.

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If you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to move up.

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Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.

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Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.

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I'm a recovering politician.

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Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead.

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Hispanics have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act.

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Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow.

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Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama.

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I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats.

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I understand Spanish better than I speak it.

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Technology has transformed how we live, learn and work, but not everyone has been able to participate in these developments.

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I had the blessing of opportunity. You need the folks in the boardroom who have consciences and the people in the streets who can picket at the right time.

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My grandmother, when she was young, would've walked past shops where some folks had out a sign that said, 'No Mexicans or dogs allowed.'

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First thing that I put up in my office here at City Hall was a poster from 1971 when my mother ran for city council.

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Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party.

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The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States.

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The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party.

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My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one.

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