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" If President Barack Obama had not been in the White House, we would not have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today. "
Elizabeth Warren
House
Today
White
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" I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off. "
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" I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian. "
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" The over-representation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message. It tells people that one - and only one - point of view will dominate economic policymaking. "
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" People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters. "
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" I have voted against only one of President Obama's nominees: Michael Froman, a Citigroup alumnus who is currently storming the halls of Congress as U.S. Trade Representative pushing trade deals that threaten to undermine financial regulation, workers' rights, and environmental protections. "
Elizabeth Warren
Congress
Environmental
Only
" We've seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. Why filibuster something that has that kind of support? Just to slow down the process and keep the Senate from working. "
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Why
Support
" What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what rules we put in place to make sure this problem does not happen again, will shape our country for the next 50 years. This is it. "
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Country
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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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Back
Time
Need
" Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard. "
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Banking
Financial
He
" I loved teaching, but every day that I went to work, I carried the worry that I was hurting my kids because I wasn't at home with them. "
Elizabeth Warren
Loved
Home
Every Day
" And that's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together. "
Elizabeth Warren
Grow
Future
Together
" America's middle class is getting hammered, and Washington is rigged to work for the big guy. "
Elizabeth Warren
Washington
Class
Big
" Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick. "
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Health
Even
Insurance
" I pay for homeowner's insurance, I pay for car insurance, I pay for health insurance. "
Elizabeth Warren
Health
Pay
Insurance
" It doesn't make me happy to go back and talk about how great high school was. "
Elizabeth Warren
Me
School
High School
" Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask them for documentation - what kid would? "
Elizabeth Warren
Kid
Thought
Mother
" Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans. "
Elizabeth Warren
Finance
Future
Money
" 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
Go
Trouble
" 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. "
Elizabeth Warren
Together
Building
Early
" I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people. "
Elizabeth Warren
Think
Sure
People
" 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. "
Elizabeth Warren
Post
Bank
Difference
" I'm not running for president. "
Elizabeth Warren
Running
President
" The core of my career is my teaching and my writing. "
Elizabeth Warren
Core
Career
Teaching
" Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking. "
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Reality
Dangerous
Abstract
" 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! "
Elizabeth Warren
Opportunity
School
Teacher
" I learned something important in my race against Senator Brown: voters want political leaders who are willing to break the partisan gridlock. They want fewer closed-door roadblocks and more public votes on legislation that could improve their lives. "
Elizabeth Warren
Important
Race
Want
" Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. Never be so faithful to your plan that you are unwilling to entertain the improbable opportunity that comes looking for you. "
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You
Looking
Opportunity
" It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table. "
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American
Table
People
" I think Hillary Clinton is terrific. "
Elizabeth Warren
Clinton
Think
Terrific