RON DELLUMS

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

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

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

I want balance in my life.

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

If it's radical to want an end to war and an end to violence, so that we can devote ourselves to the challenges of peace, then I'm pleased to call myself a radical.

The issue is not whether or not we can stand with the President. It is whether, at the end of the day, we can stand with ourselves.

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

The concept of “the white community” is a monolithic concept that I do not accept.

The greatest respect you can give your political adversaries is to give them your undivided attention. If you want them to hear you, you have to be willing to hear them.

We have become so cynical that we are always challenging each other’s motives and in very few instances do we engage in an intelligent argument in the substance of the argument.

Let's make Oakland a model city.

Basic human needs like food cannot be corporate questions.

I was part of the peace movement and part of the civil rights movement. You know what we heard? 'The majority of people don't support you.'

I think democratic socialism will ultimately prevail in this country because it makes an enormous amount of sense.

I'lI say this: I recall entering Congress in 1971 and being called a 'feminist' by members of my own party as if it was a dirty word. They didn't realize that I wore that label as a badge of honor.

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

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

The Constitution is designed to inconvenience one person from taking us to war. War is a very solemn and sobering and extraordinary act, and it should not be granted to one person.

The very foundation of our nation's economy is predicated on the health, growth, and vitality of our local communities.

The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of game playing. There ought to be comprehensive childcare, a comprehensive approach to housing, a sane, rational way to finance education. But I also strongly believe in the notion of fundamental individual freedom.

I have been a lot of 'firsts' on the national political stage, including the first African American congressman from the Bay Area and one of the first Democratic Socialists in Congress.

If I wanted to be a celebrity, I would have taken guitar lessons.

The government should not do everything for everybody all the time, but it should provide basic services to everyone who needs them. Education ought not be contingent on income or where you live. Neither should health.

I have long maintained the military budget is not a jobs bill... and will continue to support the lowest budget possible.