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" People with banking experience haven't all flocked to the biggest banks; community banks and regional banks, along with smaller trading houses and credit unions, have some very talented people. "

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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

" 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. "

" I'm not going to talk about who I voted for. "

" 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. "

" Truly successful lives are about family. "

" Other countries around the world make employees and retirees first in the priority. For example, in Mexico, the bankruptcy laws say if a company wants to go bankrupt... obligations to employees and retirees will have a first priority. That has an effect on every negotiation that takes place with every company in Mexico. "

" 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. "

" There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry. "

" 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. "

" What I've learned is that real change is very, very hard. But I've also learned that change is possible - if you fight for it. "

" Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers. "

" Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety. "

" Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard. "

Elizabeth Warren

Banking

Financial

" I'm not someone who thinks Republicans are always wrong and Democrats are always right. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. "

Elizabeth Warren

Interest Rates

Interest

" I think Hillary Clinton is terrific. "

" It doesn't make me happy to go back and talk about how great high school was. "

Elizabeth Warren

School

High School

" With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders, the entire landscape of consumer lending would change. "

" 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

" In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it. "

" We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a filibuster. "

" Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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