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.
ELIZABETH WARRENMy parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
More Elizabeth Warren Quotes
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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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I don’t like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.
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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.
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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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We don’t win what we don’t fight for.
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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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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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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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We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.
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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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It’s powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.
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It’s better to fight because if you don’t fight, you can’t win. Besides, even when you don’t win, you can change the game.
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I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.
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Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.
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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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