“Pundits talk about ‘populist rage’ as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.”

When you have no real power, go public – really public. The public is where the real power is.

I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she’s out there, she’s tough.

Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.

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.

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.

There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color…We must fight back.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.

There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what’s going on here.

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.

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.

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.

We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.

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.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.

Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

When you experience loss, people say you’ll move through the 5 stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. What they don’t tell you is that you’ll cycle through them all every day.

How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.