57 Quotes by Beto O'Rourke

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    There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.

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    The goal should be universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care.

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    Politics has become very corporate. There's a whole farm system for the teams. There's decisions made at the top. There's a lot of literal corporate involvement, PAC money involved in selecting and backing candidates.

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    In the age of Trump, we need to be aware of emotional rhetoric and its power regardless of whether or not it's based in fact.

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    I think competition always produces better results than a monopoly.

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    We toured the U.S. and Canada for two years, which was a lot of fun. It was very much a do-it-yourself, punk-rock ethic of booking your own shows, sometimes sleeping on the floor of the club you had played or meeting folks that would take you in, or sleeping on the side of the road or at rest stops in the car.

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    There was something punk rock about Bobby Kennedy not going where the pollsters said or where consultants said. He was unmoored from what was safe or easy.

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    I remember ordering records out of the Dischord catalog in the '80s, and there would be a handwritten note.

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