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" I don't think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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" I'm very hands-on about social media. That's my voice. "

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" What we need to do is lay out a plan and a vision that people can believe in. And getting into Twitter fights with the president is not exactly where we're going to find progress as a nation. "

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" I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society. "

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" If you're differently-abled, if you're a person of color, if you express your identity in a way that's different from the norm, for whatever reason, there's an implicit bias where people, frankly, sometimes take you less seriously. "

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" I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings. "

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" I'm not running from the left; I'm running from the bottom. I'm running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers. "

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" The idea that we're going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly, I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don't have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they're giving them an education. "

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" Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then, once ICE was established, we really kind of militarized that enforcement to a degree that was previously unseen in the United States. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food and lead a dignified life in the United States. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I know what it's like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Nobody ever wins the first time they run for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win their first bid for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win without taking lobbyists' money. No one's ever supposed to defeat an incumbent. No one's ever supposed to run a grassroots campaign without running any ads on television. We did all of those things. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I started my campaign out of a Trader Joe's bag with a bunch of printed palm cards and an idea. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I'm not going to do that. That takes away my power. I'm not going to compromise who I am. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I don't like having people do little things for me. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Women like me aren't supposed to run for office. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I was nominated at first by a group called Justice Democrats. They were trying to essentially field non-corporate candidates in the 2018 midterm election. They were looking for people with a history of community service, and my name had come across their desk, and they called. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and they just assume that we're going to turn out no matter how bland or half-stepping these proposals are. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" It's disingenuous to... pretend the sources of our money don't impact the policy we write - you just can't serve two masters. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Not all Democrats are the same. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" 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. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the end of the day. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Congress is too old. They don't have a stake in the game. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers - that is what should be happening in America. "

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