My parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
ELIZABETH WARRENThere 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.
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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People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they’re right. The system is rigged.
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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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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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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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It’s so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.
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I have a daughter and I have granddaughters and I will never vote to let a group of backward-looking ideologues cut women’s access to birth control. We have lived in that world, and we are not going back, not ever.
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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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There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn’t know how to throw a punch.
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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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Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she’s out there, she’s tough.
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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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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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Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.
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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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