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" How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education. "

Elizabeth Warren

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" In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it. "

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" We need to align the incentives so that colleges have an incentive to keep down their costs... to graduate students on time with degrees in areas where they're going to be able to get jobs and going to be able to pay back those loans. "

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" Wall Street banks have the right to express their views to lawmakers and regulators through lobbying, but the law is clear: If they want to influence lawmakers, they must disclose their lobbying expenditures. "

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" I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage. "

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" If you believe that America must work for all of us, not just the rich and powerful, if you believe we must reject the politics of fear and division, if you believe we are stronger together, then let's work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States! "

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" I don't think anyone went the polls and said, 'I am casting my vote to make sure that Wall Street has better chances to make bigger profits off the backs of the American people.' "

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" You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did. "

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" My brothers and I grew up on stories about our grandfather building one-room schoolhouses and about our grandparents' courtship and their early lives together in Indian Territory. "

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" You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs. "

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" When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't let the consultants change you,' and I'd always assured them that I wouldn't allow it to happen. But like it or not, I had to change. Not because of a consultant, but because I started to understand the cost of a stupid mistake. "

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" I think Hillary Clinton is terrific. "

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" The women who file for bankruptcy played by all the rules, but they are still in economic freefall. "

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" G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions. "

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" Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know. "

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" When giant companies wanted more tax loopholes, Washington got it done. When huge energy companies wanted to tear up our environment, Washington got it done. When enormous Wall Street banks wanted new regulatory loopholes, Washington got it done. No gridlock there! "

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" In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat. "

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" If your plan is to put a product out there that people can see and understand, then by golly, we're going to get along just fine. "

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" 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. "

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" President Obama believes in a level playing field. "

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" I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas. "

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" Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back. "

Elizabeth Warren

" The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That meant consolidating the bloated patchwork of ineffective agencies and regulations so that a single agency could act as a voice for consumers. "

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" Markets work when people can evaluate the prices and risks of different products, then pick the ones that work best for them. But when the terms of the deal are hidden, competition doesn't work. And customers aren't the only ones who are hurt. "

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" Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. "

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" It is easy when you are successful to think that you did it all by yourself and to forget that you didn't. You got here because a lot of things broke your way. You were lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford to take care of you well. "

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" Rising student-loan debt is an economic emergency. "

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" My mother had taught me about the importance of finding a 'good provider,' so when my boyfriend proposed, I said 'yes' in a heartbeat. I was still just a kid, and I didn't know what was coming in life. "

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" There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people. "

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" Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed. "

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