Tag: Pete Buttigieg
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The first news event I understood as a small child was the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, which President Reagan eloquently mourned from the Oval that evening.
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My understanding of my faith is that – through a Christian framework – part of what we are called to do is to lay down our own self-interests, after the model of divinity that comes into this world in the form of Christ and lays down his life. And in order to do that, you have to care about something or someone more than yourself.
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Businesses always have competitors nipping at their heels. Historically, cities have not viewed themselves as subject to that same type of competition. But that’s wrong.
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I don’t know how it plays in San Francisco. But I can tell you I came out, during a reelection campaign, in Indiana, while Mike Pence was the governor. And I wound up winning reelection by 80 percent.
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Being attentive to the things that add meaning to our lives alongside politics will help us inform our politics with the values that really do make America great.
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I believe in capitalism as long as there’s a strong rule of law around it.
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Let’s be under no illusions: There are attacks on, for example, transgender Americans from the Oval Office, picking on troops – people willing to lay down their lives for this country – not to mention teenagers in our high schools. So we’ve got to end the war on trans Americans.
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People in communities like Granger, Indiana, are rarely heard from on cable networks. But they, too, believe it is wrong to deport friends and neighbors who do no harm and much good.
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You can’t understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we’re still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.
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Physically robust infrastructure is not enough if it fails to foster a healthy community; ultimately, all infrastructure is social.
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