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This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?

Charles Schumer

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Education Greatness Myself Public School
When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Appearance Avoid Conflict Interest Obligation President Run Yourself
Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
CHARLES SCHUMER

See Thinking Trouble Truth Way World
Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Class Democracy People
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Experience Important Perspective President Reason Vision
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Change Warfare Yourself
I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Call Focus Need People Politics
I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Better Ideal Live People Translation
But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Economics Opportunity People Place Teaching Time Young
I think there’s going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they’re worried about where Trump is headed.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Active Direction Head Myself Willing Worry
Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Brief Democracy Government Policy President
Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Accountable Job Majority Ourselves
Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Accomplishment Democracy Ideas Job Paint Time Try
The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they’re going to repeal. They don’t know what to replace it with.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Goodness Government Replacement Yourself
An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who’s on minimum wage.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Economics Message Money Pay Struggle Woman Young
If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Bold Message Strong Unity Yourself

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