“Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead.”

American lawyer and politician

Julián Castro is an American lawyer and politician from San Antonio, Texas. A Democrat, he served as the 16th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 2014 to 2017, and was the youngest member of President Obama’s cabinet. He has 85 quotes on the site. Before joining the cabinet, Castro was mayor of San Antonio from 2009 to 2014. His public work has centered on city government and federal housing policy, placing him in the practical, policy-driven side of American politics.