Denis McDonough Quotes

• President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans. Our rights are not given to us by government, they are endowed by our Creator.

  Denis McDonough

  Religious, Rights, Government

  Denis McDonough's Speech on International Religious Freedom, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 12, 2012.

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• Being religious is quintessentially American.

  Denis McDonough

  Religious

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• The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

  Denis McDonough

  United States, Lines, Problem

  "Special Report's Contrasting Previews Of The King And Durbin Hearings On American Muslims" by Brian Powell, www.mediamatters.org. March 29, 2011.

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• We're happy to see, obviously, the resounding support for Judge [Merric] Garland, an unbelievable - unbelievably strong, unquestioned excellence as a judge for the last 18 years on the second highest court in the land and somebody who's dedicated his life to the law.

  Denis McDonough

  Strong, Land, Years

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

  Denis McDonough

  America, Als, Violence

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• Sunday afternoons at a parish center - or a community center - is familiar territory for me.

  Denis McDonough

  Sunday, Community, Afternoon

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• I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.

  Denis McDonough

  Catholic, Minnesota, Proud

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• We've seen some good progress, some good forward momentum. We have about Republican senators who have now indicated that they'll meet with Judge Merric Garland.

  Denis McDonough

  Judging, Progress, Momentum

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

  Denis McDonough

  Teacher, Catholic, Minnesota

  Denis McDonough's Speech on International Religious Freedom, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 12, 2012.

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• Before we announced Judge Merric Garland, people were saying they would not even deign to meet with him. And we're also aware that early in the week, when the Congress comes back, in fact, Senator Collins, the Republican from Maine, has agreed to meet with Judge Garland up in the Senate.

  Denis McDonough

  Judging, People, Facts

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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