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The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

- Bill de Blasio
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There are a lot of different demands on the campaign trail, but what matters most is that you connect with voters and take the time to really hear their concerns.

In a lot of ways, New York isn't the city I moved to back in 1979. I'm old enough to separate my nostalgia for those days from the reality of how dangerous and uncertain they could be.

There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.

Excessive stop-and-frisk divides communities. That's why the New York City Police Department has moved away from it.

As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men.

Kembali ke sekolah menengah dan perguruan tinggi, saya yakin saya akan terlibat dalam pelayanan publik. Saya benar-benar tidak dapat membuat konsep yang lain.

I want to ensure that the Democratic Party moves in a more progressive direction, substantively and message-wise. And goes out and reaches people all over this country.

Our country has a painful history of mistrust between police departments and people of color. The overuse of stop-and-frisk has made those divisions much worse.

I've spent my life at public work, and I've spent many a day on a good cause that didn't have any lift, didn't have enough support, didn't have enough resources, and you could only get so far.

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The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.