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" I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an America that invested in kids like me and built a real future for us. "

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" We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees in 2008. "

Elizabeth Warren

Economy

Wall

Street

" It worries me about what happens if people in government are looking for that next job: 'Yeah I'm working now, not as much money as I could be making, but when I leave here, that's where I'm headed.' That ultimately infects whatever it is that they're doing. "

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

" I don't want to go to Washington to be a co-sponsor of some bland little bill nobody cares about. I don't want to go to Washington to get my name on something that makes small change at the margin. "

" 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. "

" I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off. "

" Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing. "

" Does anyone believe that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of dollars because someone fussed at them behind closed doors? "

" Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us. "

Elizabeth Warren

Chance

Creative

" There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills. "

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

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

" The Postal Service is huge - employing more than a half million people - and its history is long and complicated. "

" With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans who don't have basic banking services because there are almost no banks or bank branches in their neighborhoods. "

" Cops on the beat can stop problems before the damage spreads. "

" If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget. "

Elizabeth Warren

Loans

Federal Reserve

" I held my father's hand while he died of cancer, and it's really painful when you do something like that up close and personal. My mother was already gone, and I was very, very close to my father. "

" I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts. "

" Others have said it before me. If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu. And so it is important that we have women in the United States Senate - strong women, women who are there to help advance an agenda that is important to women. "

Elizabeth Warren

Help

Important

" I have to prove myself to everybody. "

" You have to remember: what are incomes to banks are outgoes to families. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

Finding

Mother

" We shouldn't be profiting from our students who are drowning in debt while giving a great deal to the banks. That's just wrong. "

" Thomas Piketty assembles the facts to prove a central point about trickle-down economics: Doesn't work. Never did. He has cold, hard data showing how the rich keep getting richer and how the playing field is rigged against working families. "

" Everyone would like the world always to be in bubble times. But that doesn't happen. "

Elizabeth Warren

World

Everyone

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