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" Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power. "
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Power
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" I think - I do think that we have to have a secure border. We need to make sure that people are, in fact, documented. But that doesn't mean that we threaten people's lives. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, 'What are we fighting against?' "
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" My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing. "
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" 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. "
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" There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they say that you need to separate class from race is that they are really just saying that people of color should come second. "
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" I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain. "
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" It's really scary or it's easy to generate fear around an idea or around an -ism when you don't provide any substance to it. "
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" I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence, a lot of dynastic power, and I knew that I didn't have any of those things. "
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