Ilhan Omar Quotes

Ilhan Omar

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 4, 1981

I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally.

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Hope will be found by understanding that diversity is the essence of the American Dream and why we need each other to fulfill it.

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I know that when we interact with those we fear and hate, we will find commonality.

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Learning is not limited to the classroom, and Minnesota shouldn't limit its education resources there, either.

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This is a land of immigrants, and most come here for opportunity, a second chance.

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When people were selling the politics of fear and division and destruction, we were talking about hope. We were talking about the politics of joy.

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We didn't really grow up in a gendered environment. We didn't have a hierarchy. My family is fearless. They truly believe that they have something to contribute to society and that it is an obligation as humans. I try to embed in my children that they have something to contribute. And that you give because you have to, not to be appreciated.

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Every student has something to offer, and every student deserves a nurturing learning environment.

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I have a great sense of who I am.

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Many in the Somali community are excited to vote and support candidates who have shown an ability to lead with integrity and not use props and gatekeepers to get their votes.

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What I always emphasize is that I am a representative who happens to be Somali.

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I find hope in knowing that I belong to a state that has a lot of people who are champions of change and progress; that we will rise up and fight for justice and equality; that, ultimately, love will trump hate.

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I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

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Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive.

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Life in Somalia before the civil war was beautiful. When the war happened, I was 8 years old and at that stage of understanding the world in a different way.

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The house I was born in in Somalia was right next to a big market. A lot of beggars or panhandlers would be in front of our house constantly, and my grandfather and grandmother would always invite them in to have food with us and have them take whatever was left over.

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I talk a lot about the men in my family because my mother died when I was little, and my grandmother died when my aunts were little, so we didn't have those kinds of heads of household. But all the members of our household who were female were sort of living as equal and as wise as the male figures in our family.

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My kids have been around politics since they were little.

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I was a teenager when 9/11 happened. And I really was uncomfortable with many members of our community feeling like they had to strip themselves of their identity in order to mitigate the violence and the fears that they were feeling.

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We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

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