Cory Booker Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“My simple point is that I judge a person's faith by how they live their life, not by the tenets of their religion. I've watched the holiest of people walk past somebody in need or treat their staff mean. To me, the beauty of faith is only seen when people live it consistently or struggle to do so.”

“The joke I always make is I'm either running for reelection, running for Senate, running for governor, or running for my life. The latter is also a viable possibility.”

“We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.”

“You have to understand the Newark Riots - a lot of people understand that the pain was the initial explosion of anger and alienation, but after that, the response, sending the National Guard troops - a lot of violence was carried out and perpetrated by those who were allegedly coming here to protect residents.”

“I come from a mother who can cry at a G.E. commercial.”

“I was born after the Civil Rights Movement. I never saw Martin Luther King alive.”

“My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.”

“One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.”

“The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.”

“There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost.”