Quotes from Wayne Messam

Gerrymandering at its essence is supposed to be used to reflect the changing geography to ensure representation. But we know that politics gets involved and it's used to benefit whoever's in control. That's the problem we have with gerrymandering.

It is morally wrong for this country to require our citizens to take on tens of thousands of dollars of debt to achieve the American Dream.

I think a common sense approach that provides health care coverage to all Americans is the best way forward.

As president I will push for national student loan forgiveness.

When you look at a mayor, Americans see mayors favorably. We are at the front line of what Americans are dealing with every day.

Young people across the country have grown up traumatized by the gun violence epidemic.

Once our construction business began to win more contracts, our business success allowed us to reap the benefits of all the risks we took to start our company and we were able to resolve and settle outstanding fees.

The American people deserve to have access to as many qualified candidates as possible, not only the ones who can afford to buy name recognition or who already have it.

As a son of Jamaican immigrants whose father cut sugarcane as a contract farm worker for over a decade and whose mother was a cook who fed those migrant workers out in the fields, the odds have always been against me growing up in rural South Bay, Fla.

We need to reform our immigration system from top to bottom and make sure our country is not only safer for, but also more inclusive of, immigrants.

Miramar is known as the aviation hub; many businesses right here in the city are supplying the aviation industry.

Attempts to minimize the deep racial wounds in our history only set our society as a whole back.

I was the first of my siblings born here in the United States.

My parents immigrated to this country from Jamaica with no more than a fifth-grade education.

Black lives matter' doesn't mean that all lives do not matter, rather it is a cry for equal treatment in the greater circle of justice for all Americans.

I'm sensitive to the resources needed by a small business to get started and keep going.

Anything we can do to educate the younger generation about conservation of energy is great.

I'm not truly convinced solutions are coming out of Washington.

I think solving the problems of America is what's good.

I see that that 'American dream' is slipping away because we're not solving the problems of today, we're not planning for the future.

I know what it feels like to hit financial turmoil, to be hit with the threat of losing your home. I kept working, I kept looking for resources to improve my situation.

Black Americans have organized all across this country because we have an unequal justice system, not because anyone demands special privileges.

Any public official - regardless of political party - who fails to recognize the problem with devaluing subsections of your constituency is unfit to serve and must step aside.

My experience at Florida State helped me to have the discipline to prepare as well as to endure challenging spots.