The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it’s not the poorest. It’s not the people at the economic fringes. It’s people who worked hard and played by the rules.
ELIZABETH WARRENIf you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.
More Elizabeth Warren Quotes
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I love the work I do.
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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I’m proud of my Native American heritage.
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When you have no real power, go public – really public. The public is where the real power is.
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Getting straight with your money is as complicated as a trip to the grocery store: You need a comparison shop, add and subtract, stick with a plan, and ask questions- nothing more.
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I don’t want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.
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Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don’t think politicians can afford to be complacent.
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Donald Trump is a person who is an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself.
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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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Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that’s how I see it.
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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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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.
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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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We need to remind politicians they don’t work for the big banks – they work for us.
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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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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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We don’t win what we don’t fight for.
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Pundits talk about ‘populist rage’ as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.
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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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If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.
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The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that’s already crushing our young people.
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Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.
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Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she’s out there, she’s tough.
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My parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
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We’re going to make sure that the people who run for office and get elected are the ones who are going to work for the American people.
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We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.
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