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" I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little. "

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" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

Debt

Pay

Cards

" It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable. "

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

" 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. "

" We cannot run a democracy without a strong middle class. "

" For many women, the on-time payments of domestic support obligations are essential to economic survival. "

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

" 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. "

" I got married at 19 and graduated from a commuter college in Texas that cost $50 a semester. The way I see it, I'm a janitor's daughter who became a public school teacher, a professor, and a United States Senator. America is truly a country of opportunity! "

" Democrats fought to get health insurance for more Americans. Democrats fought for a strong consumer agency so big banks can't cheat people. We fought, we won, and we improved the lives of millions of people - thank you, President Obama! "

" I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role. "

" The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder. "

" I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people. "

" The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am what I am. I'll go out and talk to people about what's happening to their families, and when I do that, I'm a mother. I'm a grandmother. "

Elizabeth Warren

Mother

Trouble

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

" Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those. "

" Marathon Day in Boston and all of Massachusetts, it's Patriot's Day, and it's a big celebration for us. It's a day when we're kind of the whole world's city there. "

" I had to make a choice - recede into the academic world, or wade into politics. "

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

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

" I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share. "

Elizabeth Warren

Oil

Pay

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

" People who graduate are more resilient financially, and they weather economic downturns better than people who don't graduate. And, throughout their lives, people who graduate are more likely to be economically secure, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to live longer. Face it: A college degree puts a lot in your corner. "

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

" We all understand that we are living longer, and we are more likely to spend more years as frail, elderly people who can't work. We also recognize that the wonderful advances in medicine also come with wonderful price tags. Those are things you can't budget around. "

" If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right to know. If the big banks don't expect to buy influence and are merely making charitable contributions, then their shareholders have a right to know. Either way, there's no excuse for keeping these payments secret. "

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

Elizabeth Warren

World

Everyone

" I'm not running for president. "

Elizabeth Warren

Running

President

" Consumer banking - selling debt to middle class families - has been a gold mine. "

" When she was 16, my grandmother, Hannie Reed, drove a wagon in the Oklahoma land rush. "