Do something
“I’m not going to allow my inability to do everything undermine my ability to do something.” Senator Cory Booker
“Greatness lies in the doing not the doubting.”
“This is a moral moment.”
Historical Significance: Beginning on March 31 and ending 24 hours and 18 minutes later on April 1 , 2025, Sen. Cory Booker, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, said these historic words in protest to President Donald Trump and DOGE, the newly created Department of Government Efficiency under Trump. The previous filibuster was delivered by Strom Thurmond over the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Booker, who is Black, would go on to say, “I’m not here because of his speech; I’m here in spite of his speech.”