6 Quotes & Sayings By Michael Steele

Michael Steele is an author of inspirational and self help books, and president of Michael Steele Enterprises. He was recently elected as the first black Republican National Committee chairman. A former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, he is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Harvard Business School Read more

He is also the author of several books, including: The Steele Report: The Making of a Black Republican (2005) Steele's Motivational Minute: A Daily Challenge to 18 Principles of Success (2004) Steele's Motivational Minute: A Daily Challenge to 18 Principles of Success (2005) Rising Up Together: How People of Color and the Gifted Can Use Our Differences to Live Better, Simpler Lives (2002) The Steele Report: The Making of a Black Republican (1999) Achieving the American Dream: The Essential Guide for African Americans (1996).

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You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected. Michael Steele
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The bottom line is, I hear my donors, I hear our base out there, I hear the leadership. And we're taking steps to make sure that we're even more - how shall we say it - fiscally conservative in our spending and certainly making sure the dollars are there when it's time to run our campaigns. Michael Steele
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We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo. Michael Steele
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My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a little bit stronger, a little bit more street-wise, if you will. That's rubbed some feathers the wrong way. Michael Steele
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Let's focus on how we can take someone who is being poorly educated in an American public school and how they are poorly trained for a job, and put in place those opportunities for them to get that education, give their parents choice in education, make it real for them. Michael Steele