Andrew Gillum Quotes

Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the better. We have the opportunity to raise the bar in the faith-based world by forging a culture in which inclusivity, diversity, and equality are paramount.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

There is no one that we can afford to throw away.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and or young, our women as well as our men.

We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

The story of America is the story of an ever widening circle of human care and responsibility.

I believed in the goodness of the Australian people; I believed they did not want to be attacking each other, and from those thoughts, I got the idea of Reconciliation in the campaign slogan and of turning this into something practical by calling a summit to bring representatives of all sections of society together, from the wealthiest to the poor.

The children of Israel will not grow up in a state where some of its leaders sanctify hatred. I won't let hate win.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and avoid repeating the mistakes of our past.

I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.

For sure, I think that's the mission in all life, whether it's basketball, being a doctor, building a company. I think we take social justice and the lessons we're learning now, that everybody is learning.

I am proud to be part of a community that only projects love and education and the support of one another.

We need not think alike to love alike.

We need a cohesive society that is tolerant.

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

Nothing inspires greater tolerance from the intolerant than an abundance of common and unifying beliefs, practices, rituals, institutions, and processes.

Education, Love & Acceptance are the First Steps to Breaking Down Barriers

Real Leaders don't spread derision and division.

We don't have to let extremists define us.

We all have as much right to take up our space in the world as one another.