Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZRather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.
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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.
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It is unacceptable to be disrespectful of Congressman Crowley. He’s done some phenomenal, phenomenal work for the Bronx and Queens.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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I know what it’s like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else.
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People try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out, and what we did is that we changed who turns out. And that changes the whole electorate.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn’t be afraid to be bold.
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It’s disingenuous to pretend the sources of our money don’t impact the policy we write – you just can’t serve two masters.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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I don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I’m not running from the left; I’m running from the bottom. I’m running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.
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We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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