“President Roosevelt was right. True freedom cannot exist without economic security.”

If the environment were a bank, it would have been saved by now.

Billionaires are seeing tremendous growth in their wealth. But working families are living in more desperation than at any time since the Great Depression.

It’s better to show up than to give up.

The greed of drug companies is out of control and the cost is human lives.

Together, we are effectively taking on big-money interests and the political establishment and transforming American politics.

I don’t know how to live anymore. Sometimes it’s so hard.

We cannot afford four more years of a president who rejects science.

A job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it.

It is better to be uncomfortable today than to be uncomfortable tomorrow.

We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.

In 1994, Democrats in power lost big because they were not bold.

Congress cannot go home until we address economic suffering.

Poverty is not a crime.

We need elected leaders who are going to stand for what is morally right.

Young people have a beautiful vision of what the future should be.

If we are going to restore faith in the American political system, we must act boldly.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can’t buy love with gifts or favors, you can’t hold love by raising an inadequate child, and you can’t be secure in love by serving as a good scrub woman or a good provider.

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

I had no dreams of such economic success. You should have fun and not be so weighed down by expectations.

When it comes to this pandemic – and the economic recovery – we are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans, and we will be there for one another.

Together we’ll bring an end to this economic crisis and put people back to work.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the 1%.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict.