In Booker, Cory (2017), United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good, publisher: Random House Publishing Group, ISBN: 978-1-101-96518-4, as quoted in Yanklowitz, Rabbi Shmuly (March 3, 2016), Standing Together In the Era of National Division: Review of United by Cory Booker, publisher: The Huffington Post, retrieved: 21 August 2018
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Cynicism about America’s current state of affairs is ultimately a form of surrender.
— Cory Booker
What It Means
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About Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey, in office since 2013. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
About Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey, in office since 2013. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
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