“I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll si...” — Keith Ellison Quote

“I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't.”

“Anybody that's ever been to Israel and to Palestine knows that you can't look at a person and tell if they're Israeli or Palestinian. You can assume. But I've seen Palestinians who look Swedish, and I've seen Israelis who are black.”

“One of the things that will decline over time is the demand that the society or the government bring forth a particularized racial remedy based on a history of deprivation. That will be even more difficult to do in the future.”

“F.D.R. had an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions in 1933 when he drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and super majorities in the House and the Senate in 1935 when he won passage of Social Security.”

“You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.”

“In a capitalistic society, success is determined by whether you can pay the bills.”