Beto O'Rourke

Courage makes victory possible. ”

I think corporations should be asked to pay a greater share into the success of this country. ”

I think for some, the very wealthiest among us, for corporations, taxes are too low. ”

That's the primary mission of ours: to protect the border, enhance the border, and capitalize on what the border has to offer. It's the source of jobs, source of positive immigration stories. ”

We're all connected, related, part of one another's lives through the stories we tell ourselves and each other. For good and for bad. ”

I was born in '72, and my dad was county judge of El Paso from '82 to '86. He was just as independent as he could be, and had an amazing joy in life and in being with people, which, from my perspective as a kid, was that he was always going to do the right thing, and damn the consequences - political or otherwise. ”

We toured the U.S. and Canada for two years, which was a lot of fun. It was very much a do-it-yourself, punk-rock ethic of booking your own shows, sometimes sleeping on the floor of the club you had played or meeting folks that would take you in, or sleeping on the side of the road or at rest stops in the car. ”

I'm for the DREAM Act. It makes so much sense. Following the implementation of the DREAM Act, we'll have a case study we can point to where we can say that we provided a path to citizenship or legal involvement in the community for these young immigrants, and the sky didn't fall. ”

Let's not put anybody down. Instead, let's lift each other up. Let's bring out the absolute best from our fellow Americans - every single one of them from every single community. ”

We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ; there's no buffer. ”