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Democracy cannot function just on who do we fear the most, you know, or who do we hate the most we need an affirmative agenda.

Jill Stein

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Jill Stein
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: May 14
Peace Activist
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Chicago
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Jill Ellen Stein
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The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of voters now are independent. They're looking for something else.
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The Democratic Party is very afraid of having competition that is actually unmuzzled and that can tell the truth, which is why they keep this fear voting system in place.
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I was at Harvard Medical School and there were not a lot of, kind of, community health options, and I wound up at - sort of in Harvard Community Health Center for various reasons.
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The key here in my view is not having to change people's minds, it's just allowing them to know.
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To millennials, the Democratic Party is the party of endless debt, it is the party of low-wage jobs, it is the part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it is the party of the KXL pipeline, which was only stopped because, you know, because we, the voters, you know, just worked our bones - you know, worked ourselves to the bone in order to stop it.
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There are real solutions right now for us if we stand up with the courage of our convictions.
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At a time of great social upheaval, all things are possible.
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We need a broad commitment to human rights across the board. We cannot attain that simply by protecting one oppressed group or the other.
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Democracy needs to start with an open Presidential debate. So come on out and let's take back the promise of our democracy.
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I feel very sorry for people who are trapped in an abusive relationship and keep making excuses for their abuser.
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The Republicans are... there is a small [Donald] Trump remnant, which is going over the cliff right now.
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Hillary [Clinton] has the potential to do a whole lot more damage, get us into more wars, faster to pass her fracking disastrous climate program, much more easily than Donald Trump could do his.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history.
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That was like the moment of revelation for me that in fact we are not the lunatic fringe.
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When you actually integrate the health savings from an improved food system, eliminating food deserts, ensuring that everyone can afford a healthy diet, that you don't have to be sort of a person of substantial means in order to have access to healthy food, there are remarkable health improvements.
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I think, charitable foundations are, in general, a good thing.
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The clock is ticking. It's time to stand up. Reject the lesser evil and that propaganda. Reject the lesser evil. Fight for the greater good like our lives depend on it, because they do. We're running out of time. It's time to stand up.
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In terms of the role of the media, that is my candidacy which does provide that truly progressive agenda that gets to the heart of what is driving this right-wing extremism.It's not just Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the solution here.
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We're seeing the convergence of a big, corporate party right now. A sort of bipartisan merger under the figure of Hillary Clinton.
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Average wages now are still just barely above poverty, and one out of three Americans cannot afford healthcare even with the insurance,with jobs.
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