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title: "18 National Conversation Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 National Conversation quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best National Conversation sayings and thoughts."
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> [The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/the-best-shows-succeed-because-they-tap-into-a-national-conversation/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/damian-lewis-3773_best_the-best-shows-succeed-because-they-tap_4875.png)

> [The steep price tag of cancer treatment needs to continue to be a part of the national conversation, not just the patient-doctor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/the-steep-price-tag-of-cancer-treatment-needs-to-continue-to-be-a/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

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> [What I have always thought is that there should be a proper national conversation about what kind of immigration policies we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-fox/what-i-have-always-thought-is-that-there-should-be-a-proper-national/)

[Claire Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-fox/)

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> [I don't really understand sometimes the national conversation on immigration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-x-suarez/i-don-t-really-understand-sometimes-the-national-conversation-on/)

[Francis X. Suarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-x-suarez/)

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> [We need a real, honest, and national conversation about racism in America, because the status quo is a crisis for too many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaal-bowman/we-need-a-real-honest-and-national-conversation-about-racism-in/)

[Jamaal Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaal-bowman/)

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> [By working together to keep health at the center of our focus, as well as the national conversation, we can create the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-quigley/by-working-together-to-keep-health-at-the-center-of-our-focus-as-well/)

[Mike Quigley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-quigley/)

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> [Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-collins/personally-i-d-be-really-glad-to-have-a-national-conversation-about/)

[Gail Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-collins/)

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> [I want to steer the national conversation in the right direction, from my point of view. I want to get under Robert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cenk-uygur/i-want-to-steer-the-national-conversation-in-the-right-direction-from/)

[Cenk Uygur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cenk-uygur/)

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> [There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/there-are-many-who-would-much-prefer-that-the-word-climate-never-be/)

[Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/al-gore-609_climate_there-are-many-who-would-much-prefer-tha_105777.jpg)

> [This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dewine/this-is-a-time-for-a-national-conversation-a-conversation-about-the/)

[Mike DeWine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dewine/)

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> [The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-cohen/the-blogosphere-makes-it-possible-to-have-a-sprawling-national/)

[Adam Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-cohen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/adam-cohen-6582_communication_the-blogosphere-makes-it-possible-to-hav_3086005.jpg)

> [Too much of the national conversation about trade and the border comes from people who have not had the opportunity to step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-faulconer/too-much-of-the-national-conversation-about-trade-and-the-border/)

[Kevin Faulconer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-faulconer/)

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> [Our objective is to begin a national conversation to better support individuals and families living with ASD in Canada. The Summit will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-carroll/our-objective-is-to-begin-a-national-conversation-to-better-support/)

[Cynthia Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-carroll/)

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> [The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I've worked to confront here in Braddock.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fetterman/the-black-lives-matter-movement-has-brought-to-the-national/)

[John Fetterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fetterman/)

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> [It may be hard to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980's and because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/it-may-be-hard-to-remember-how-difficult-it-was-for-people-to-talk/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-very-fact-that-we-are-having-a-national-conversation-about-what/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Missing from the national conversation are voices of pro-immigration reformers and civil rights leaders, who can speak on behalf of those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lam/missing-from-the-national-conversation-are-voices-of-pro-immigration/)

[Andrew Lam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lam/)

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> [We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lacy-clay-jr/we-have-to-have-a-national-conversation-about-how-police-forces/)

[William Lacy Clay, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lacy-clay-jr/)

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