229 Quotes by Chris Hayes

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    One young man asked me a simple question that gets to the core of what we’re talking about. He said, do you think the police would ever treat you the way they treat me? And the answer is, no. And that is wrong. And that has to change in this city.

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    But if there’s one thing I’ve come to believe, it is that much of the cause of our current state of affairs lies in our tasking police with preserving order rather than with ensuring safety. Order is a slippery thing: it’s in the eyes of the beholder and the judgments of the powerful. Safety is clearer: it’s freedom from violence and intrusion.

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    The idea of a celebrity endorsing a presidential candidate is nothing new, but the full-throated endorsement for Senator Bernie Sanders from one of the country’s biggest hip hop stars had surprised some political observers.

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    Simple demographics played a large role: The baby boom meant that beginning in the late 1960s, a huge number of men entered into their peak crime-committing years.

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    As long as there have been people in California, there have been people obsessed with California’s water. Scientists say the state is at its driest point in half a millennium and as any Californians will tell you, it is not just their problem, it’s everyone’s problem.

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    No one’s dropped a cent – there’s no negative ads up against Donald Trump in Iowa which is crazy to think about.

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    The person that always wins, that’s the other thing. The monkey picking stocks always wins.

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    Order is a slippery thing: it’s in the eyes of the beholder and the judgments of the powerful. Safety is clearer: it’s freedom from violence and intrusion.

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