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title: "1 Want Race Quotes By Cory Booker"
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> [I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-race-transcending-leader-i-want-to-be-deeply/)

[Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/)

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## 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/)

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