Cory Booker : (7) " We need to look at the totality of the things that we’re labeling as violent and really examine whether we need to have some more proportionality in terms of the punishment fitting the crime that’s done. The bright line that we have right now, between violent and nonviolent, does not account for shades of gray. " - Cory Booker " Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don’t think so. " - Cory Booker " I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness. " - Cory Booker " I think patriotism, by its very definition, is love of country. But we seem to have become a country where the highest thing we’re reaching for is tolerance. " - Cory Booker " Innovators reimagine our world in so many areas. We need them to help reimagine what government can and should be. " - Cory Booker " If we are going to do big things in our country, we’re going to have to think about better ways working across our differences. " - Cory Booker " Our nation was founded with a bunch of founding legislators who joined together to move our country out of the blocks and get us started, and every generation since then has found a way to advance the ball down the field. " - Cory Booker