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Ron Dellums

(1935–2018) Politician United States

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Ron Dellums was a politician from the United States.

Quick Facts About Ron Dellums

Born: November 24, 1935
Died: July 30, 2018
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician

About Ron Dellums

Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. Previously, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California's 9th congressional district from 1971 to 1998, after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Before that, he was on the Berkeley City Council from 1967 to 1970. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Thomas Merton Award Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo

Quotes by Ron Dellums · Page 2

I'm just a guy. If you hit me, I hurt, and if you cut me, I bleed.

Bleed

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Basic human needs like food cannot be corporate questions.

Cannot

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When you're confronted with a no-win scenario - you change the scenario!

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The Constitution is designed to inconvenience one person from taking us to war. War is a very solemn and sobering and extraordinary…

Constitution

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If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

Resources

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I am so blessed that I have been able to live long enough to see a woman nominated for president.

Blessed

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If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying…

America

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Economics should not drive you out of the community.

Community

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If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.

Hope

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We want Nelson Mandela and the people of South Africa to know that we will stand shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip,…

Apartheid

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I have been a lot of 'firsts' on the national political stage, including the first African American congressman from the Bay Area…

African american

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