--- title: "17 Our Quotes By Cory Booker" description: "17 Our quotes by Cory Booker. Plus more from Cory Booker and more Our sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/cory-booker-2546_achieve_cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel_3171579.jpg" --- > [Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel-our-nation-s-growth-and/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/cory-booker-2546_achieve_cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel_3171579.jpg) > [As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nation-community-organizers-have/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/cory-booker-2546_been_as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nat_980027.jpg) > [In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-independence-but-our-history-our/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/cory-booker-2546_advancement_in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-inde_3178028.jpg) > [The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not-the-choice-of-an-individual/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/cory-booker-2546_calling_the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not_997556.jpg) > [One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/one-of-the-very-hallmarks-of-our-nation-is-the-ideal-of-e-pluribus/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/cory-booker-2546_concept_one-of-the-very-hallmarks-of-our-nation_2292846.jpg) > [Our platform emphasizes that a vibrant, free and fair market is essential to economic growth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/our-platform-emphasizes-that-a-vibrant-free-and-fair-market-is/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/cory-booker-2546_economic_our-platform-emphasizes-that-a-vibrant-f_623649.jpg) > [Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/our-platform-is-crafted-by-democrats-but-it-is-not-about-partisanship/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/cory-booker-2546_about_our-platform-is-crafted-by-democrats-but_2376327.jpg) > [If we cannot provide excellent educational opportunities to all children, safe communities, quality health coverage, or robust and fair avenues towards wealth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-we-cannot-provide-excellent-educational-opportunities-to-all/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/cory-booker-2546_avenues_if-we-cannot-provide-excellent-education_1156967.jpg) > [The richness of America is that we are diverse. We're not Sweden. We're not Norway. We are a great American experiment. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/the-richness-of-america-is-that-we-are-diverse-we-re-not-sweden-we-re/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/cory-booker-2546_america_the-richness-of-america-is-that-we-are-d_1617368.jpg) > [There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/there-is-too-much-disagreement-for-disagreement-s-sake-in-a-time-of/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/cory-booker-2546_afford_there-is-too-much-disagreement-for-disag_2954371.jpg) > [We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/we-also-must-pull-from-our-highest-ideals-of-justice-and-protect/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/cory-booker-2546_against_we-also-must-pull-from-our-highest-ideal_2184113.jpg) > [Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/cities-can-be-places-that-represent-the-best-of-our-ideals-where/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/cory-booker-2546_american_cities-can-be-places-that-represent-the_1578246.jpg) > [We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/we-become-distracted-from-productive-labors-by-our-perceived/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/cory-booker-2546_about_we-become-distracted-from-productive-lab_2801050.jpg) > [This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/this-is-our-history-from-the-transcontinental-railroad-to-the-hoover/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/cory-booker-2546_american_this-is-our-history-from-the-transcontin_2192058.jpg) > [We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/we-have-had-in-our-nation-a-well-celebrated-declaration-of/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/cory-booker-2546_belief_we-have-had-in-our-nation-a-well-celebra_2567811.jpg) > [Our nation was founded with a bunch of founding legislators who joined together to move our country out of the blocks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/our-nation-was-founded-with-a-bunch-of-founding-legislators-who/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/cory-booker-2546_advance_our-nation-was-founded-with-a-bunch-of-f_1153371.jpg) > [When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/when-your-country-is-in-a-costly-war-with-our-soldiers-sacrificing/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/cory-booker-2546_abroad_when-your-country-is-in-a-costly-war-wit_488625.jpg) ## Other authors on Our ## More by Cory Booker > [We've got to get back to a country that can get things done. And my whole career has been marching and charging at and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/we-ve-got-to-get-back-to-a-country-that-can-get-things-done-and-my/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [If you want the things people don't have, you have to do the things other people will not do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-you-want-the-things-people-don-t-have-you-have-to-do-the-things/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [“Deterrents properly placed can help. But that is not enough. We are one society, and as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/deterrents-properly-placed-can-help-but-that-is-not-enough-we-are-one/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Speaking as somebody who voted against TPA and has a lot of suspicions about Trans Pacific Partnership that are reflected in our concerns about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/speaking-as-somebody-who-voted-against-tpa-and-has-a-lot-of/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [ I love talking about the challenges \[Newark, NJ\] has because of the way they are always brilliantly disguised as opportunities.. .the biggest global challenge… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-love-talking-about-the-challenges-newark-nj-has-because-of-the-way/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [If Donald Trump governs the way he campaigned, it'll be a disastrous presidency. This is a chance for him to be magnanimous, humble. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-donald-trump-governs-the-way-he-campaigned-it-ll-be-a-disastrous/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/to-me-feminism-is-believing-in-women-s-equality-and-i-ardently/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [I live in Brick Towers, a public housing project in Newark's Central Ward. I moved in when the projects were privately owned by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-live-in-brick-towers-a-public-housing-project-in-newark-s-central/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [“I celebrate ideals of individual excellence, self-reliance, and personal responsibility… But rugged individualism alone did not get us to the moon. It did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-celebrate-ideals-of-individual-excellence-self-reliance-and/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [The history in our country speaks to our highest values of people who did not accept things as they are and go along with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/the-history-in-our-country-speaks-to-our-highest-values-of-people-who/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/my-dad-set-a-clear-model-for-me-for-what-manhood-was-all-about/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/can-you-every-single-day-tell-a-true-testimony-of-who-you-are-that-s/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [2016 is an election like I've never seen before. And I think it reflects the fact that many people have a dissatisfaction with politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/2016-is-an-election-like-i-ve-never-seen-before-and-i-think-it/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [I do not believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, and having been a mayor trying to keep my community safe, if there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-do-not-believe-that-marijuana-is-a-gateway-drug-and-having-been-a/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Any Democrat running is trying to get that Barack Obama coalition, which is an increasingly diverse voter base. It's young folks. It's minorities, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/any-democrat-running-is-trying-to-get-that-barack-obama-coalition/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our/cory-booker/#itemlist", "name": "17 Our Quotes By Cory Booker", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel-our-nation-s-growth-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/cory-booker-2546_achieve_cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel_3171579.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/cory-booker-2546_achieve_cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel_3171579.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/cory-booker-2546_achieve_cities-can-become-the-engines-that-fuel_3171579.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways…” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nation-community-organizers-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/cory-booker-2546_been_as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nat_980027.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/cory-booker-2546_been_as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nat_980027.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/cory-booker-2546_been_as-i-review-the-great-history-of-our-nat_980027.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our…” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-independence-but-our-history-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/cory-booker-2546_advancement_in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-inde_3178028.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/cory-booker-2546_advancement_in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-inde_3178028.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/cory-booker-2546_advancement_in-america-we-have-a-declaration-of-inde_3178028.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all…” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not-the-choice-of-an-individual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/cory-booker-2546_calling_the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not_997556.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/cory-booker-2546_calling_the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not_997556.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/cory-booker-2546_calling_the-change-we-seek-for-our-nation-is-not_997556.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. 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