My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that goal. To learn everything I could. I always poked at the things that scared me most.
ELIZABETH WARRENMiddle 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.
More Elizabeth Warren Quotes
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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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I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.’ No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own – nobody.
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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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My parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
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Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.
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If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.
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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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This country isn’t working for working people. It’s working only for people at the top. That’s not the American dream. That’s the American nightmare.
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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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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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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters – people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them – not one – stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America’s veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.
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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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It’s powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.
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