96 result(s) for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes.
"In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person should be too poor to live."
"Courage is committing to fight for someone you don't know."
"We have to have a refocus on health care, housing, education, and employment in Puerto Rico."
"This nation is never beyond remedy because this nation created slavery, and this nation was not made for all people."
"This colonial status is at the heart of Puerto Rico's ills."
"I’m a daughter of the Bronx. I don’t do what I do to be medium or ok at it; I perform and fight and hurt and troubleshoot and improve to win."
"It’s absolutely psychotic that we should be a country that allows for-profit jails."
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"They tried to bury me, but they didn’t know I was a seed."
"I believe that justice for Palestine is inextricably connected to upholding justice for all people."
"Our planet is going to hit disaster if we don't turn this ship around and so it's basically like there's a scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult."
"When we talk about the word 'socialism,' I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity, and our economic, social, and racial dignity."
"Social security is single-payer welfare, public schools are single-payer education."
"Being brave doesn’t mean being devoid of fear. Being brave means you're short of shits to give."
"There is far more to lose by failing to act on climate change than by investing in sustainable energy."
"Hope may be stubborn, but she’s got a strategy too."
"The power of the people is always greater than the people in power."
"It was incredible that we couldn't have a clean conversation about bringing down the cages at the border."
"Leadership is not a position or a title, it is an action and example."
"I'm always interested in learning more, but growing up, I loved science."
"Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than naturalized citizens do, and yet they are incarcerated at higher rates than natural-born citizens."
"Our history with education is a perfect example wherein which the more that we invest and make public goods and public education free, the more prosperous we are as a society."
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"Fighting against economic and social imbalances is always difficult, but it’s necessary to ensure everyone has access to equal opportunities."
"Fear and division that leads us to regressive and karmic regression can be countered with a commitment to truth and unity."
"Someone like me is necessary if we are to truly work towards equality and justice for all."
"It’s not always easy because it’s usually never, but it’s right."
"I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. I was born in a place where your zip code determines your destiny."
"It's not about owning the biggest house, it's about owning a home in the first place."
"When we say 'no one is illegal,' we mean no human being is illegal."
"The threshold for anxiety and hope is about the same temperature as earth – but just believe that hope makes you brave and anxiety makes you worry."
"I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. I was born in a place where your Zip code determines your destiny."
"Courage is contagious. A lack of courage can infect a team and a project."
"I'm proud to be a bartender. Ain't nothing wrong that. There's nothing wrong with working retail, folding clothes for other people to buy."
"I do think that we have a higher threshold for policies that are ridiculous."
"People talk about the lack of civility. I think we should be talking about the lack of purity in our politics."
"I think that it only has ever been radicals that have changed this country."
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"So long as the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and the future is getting more and more dystopian... we can't just rest on our laurels."
"People are so afraid of the word 'socialism'. To me, socialism is just democracy with a small 'd'. It's about democracy in the economy."
"We can't just talk about our values in a platitudinous way. We need to advance them in the most ambitious way possible."
"The idea that a woman can be as powerful as a man is something that our society can't deal with. But I am as powerful as a man and it drives them crazy."
"Young people aren't just having an existential crisis about our economic future. We’re having it about our cultural future, too."
"Dream big. Fight hard."
"You cannot have a cognitive dissonance about rights. Everyone that’s socially privileged should be working as hard as they can to dismantle and disassemble the privileges that they have."
"It’s not enough to fight for something; you have to fight for someone."
"Being a woman is a serious political act. It's political just to be a woman."
"Our deliberative, non-demagogic, thoughtful approach is designing an agenda and a level of ambition impossible to understand today, but we do it because we know it is right."
"People value loyalty over integrity, but I know that in the end, integrity will always endure."
"Every single American should be voicing their skepticism."
"When you choose to be uniquely yourself, you're on the right path."
"There is more than enough for everyone to have a seat at the table. But just because you have a seat at the table doesn’t mean you can’t be asked to pay rent."
"Those of us decent enough and powerful enough to be able to have food, shelter, and safety are also recompensed with having to give up control as well."
"Progress takes courage. Our future is going to take more courage than our past."
"Even when they try to trivialize us, we shall remain unanecdoted."
"Channeling a sense of purpose into the collective struggle for a better world is the only solution."
"We might not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we fight for it and we become it."
"As a culture, we must learn to be comfortable with discomfort."
"For one to be an activist, they must be resolute in their commitment to the human spirit."
"Don't confuse progress with permanence."
"Courage is contagious."
"We can be whatever we have the courage to see."
"Every day, immigration agents tear apart families and terrorize communities."
"Good things take time, and allow us to do our due diligence on behalf of the American people."
"We must learn to lean into the discomfort of having these conversations."
"It’s not just about money – it’s about power."
"A Green New Deal is about putting power in the hands of workers."
"A system that sacrifices our lives for profit is not worth saving."
"It’s not about how we feel, it’s about how we are."
"There is no district too red for us to flip."
"The highest calling of power is to challenge everything we know."
"The world is not black and white, and this is not an either-or issue."
"One of the challenges of the climate crisis is that it is this generation’s challenge."
"There is no reason for us to accept the suffering of a few for the comfort of many."
"A budget is a statement of our values."
"You can be a committed American and still fight for the most vulnerable."
"We are here to fight for a future we have not yet seen."
"Focusing on the future of work should be in the present tense."
"We have to organize for a shared future."
"The question is not if we can do it, but if we will."
"Don’t stop fighting until you have good, until you have right."
"A new culture of worker protections in the United States is long overdue."
"Healthcare is a right, not a privilege."
"Our path to the future is paved with the courage to move beyond it."
"We must confront the reality we have, not the one we wish to have."
"We cannot settle for the injustice of the status quo."
"Imagine asserting your rights, instead of begging for them."
"It is not for me, it is us."
"Change takes change – small victories that root our movement in the work we are doing."
"In a modern, moral and wealthy society, no person should be too poor to live."
"We cannot accomplish anything truly transformative unless it includes everyone."
"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened."
"Hope is not something that you have. Hope is something that you create, with your hands, with your actions."
"Women like me aren't supposed to run for office - I wasn't built to be elected."
"Change takes courage."
"The idea that we can austerity our country into prosperity is like a snake eating its own tail."
"We need to embrace that we really have to take substantial action to confront climate change."
"The people closest to the pain should be closest to the power, driving and informing the policy-making."
"I'm not running from the Democratic Party; I'm running in the Democratic Party."
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