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I don’t want a Disneyfication of our history. I don’t want to whitewash history. I don’t want to homogenize history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness.

— Cory Booker Record breaking 25-hour address in US Senate (2025)

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I’m a big believer that if America, if this country hasn’t broken your heart, then you don’t love her enough. Because there’s things that are savagely wrong in this country.

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Cynicism about America’s current state of affairs is ultimately a form of surrender.

We are a part of this take-down culture where people are trying to twist your words.

When ignorance and bigotry is allied with power, it is a dangerous force.

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