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Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing.

Dennis Kucinich

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Dennis Kucinich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 8
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Cleveland
Ohio
Dennis John Kucinich
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We're not going to have Medicare for all.if we at least we can take a step in that direction by giving people 50 - age 55 to 64 a chance to buy in, then we're reconnecting with some of those ideals that go back to the great days of FDR.
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I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war.
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So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved.
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What I'd do is not have USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy working with U.S. taxpayers' money to knock off an elected government in Ukraine, which is what they did. I wouldn't try to force the people of Ukraine into a deal with NATO against their interest or into a deal with the European Union, which is against their economic interest.
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My aspirations for this country would be on the scope of what Franklin Roosevelt brought to this country in 1932 when he saw a nation that was broken economically.
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We are on the path toward becoming the Sparta of the 21st century, armed to the teeth and without the capacity to care for our own people.
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If we can change ourselves, we can change the world. We're not the victims of the world we see, we're the victims of the way we see the world. This is the essence of Compassionate Listening: seeing the person next to you as a part of yourself.
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I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis.
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You can blow the world to pieces, but you can't blow the world to peace.
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And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.
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We cannot take the president off the hook for an illegal war that was based on lies.
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War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.
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When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.
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There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference.
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I live in the same house I purchased in 1971 for $22,500. I think we need to increase the minimum wage and so all my neighbors can get an increase in their wages.
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Challege the underlying concepts of corporate personhood.
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But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons.
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I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.
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The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear.
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We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.
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