That’s how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.
ELIZABETH WARRENNow look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.
More Elizabeth Warren Quotes
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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If there’s any lesson I’ve learned in the last five years, it’s don’t be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.
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Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.
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Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.
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I’m willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.
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I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters – people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them – not one – stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.
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I love the work I do.
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I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago – until the Republicans brought them back.
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There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color…We must fight back.
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My mother said, if you don’t have the cash, don’t buy it. And on that, my mother was right.
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Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.
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Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.
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Donald Trump doesn’t care who gets hurt, as long as he makes a profit off it.
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We don’t win what we don’t fight for.
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Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.
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It’s a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.
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College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.
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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they’re right. The system is rigged.
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There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn’t know how to throw a punch.
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The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.
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Once you’ve gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.
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Nobody’s safe. Health insurance? That didn’t protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.
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I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.’ No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own – nobody.
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Accountability for the largest financial institutions on Wall Street is the bedrock for a strong economy. Hard-working families and honest businesses cannot survive in a world where the rules don’t keep the marketplace honest.
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