You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.
As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.
Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.
You have to stand up for some things in this world.
Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America.
I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.
Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.
Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.
All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.