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I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence, a lot of dynastic power, and I knew that I didn’t have any of those things.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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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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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
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There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
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I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, ‘What are we fighting against?’
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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It’s not just that I’m a woman of color running for office. It’s the way that I ran. It’s the way that my identity formed my methods.
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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