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

Elizabeth Warren

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" I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars. "

Elizabeth Warren

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

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" 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

" Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends. "

Elizabeth Warren

" If President Barack Obama had not been in the White House, we would not have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the time they first started work on through retirement and until their deaths. No longer. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Unfair servicing practices can worsen a family's already difficult economic situation, and the injury echoes from the family to the community and ultimately throughout the economy. "

Elizabeth Warren

" I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet - too often must contend with sky-high interest rates and tricks and traps buried in the fine print of their loan products. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked, the people who get cheated, the people who get fooled by the products that Goldman turns out. "

Elizabeth Warren

" If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

" I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scripture is, 'in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' Matthew 25:40. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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. "

Elizabeth Warren

" People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system that has calmed down and is there to serve the American people. "

Elizabeth Warren

" America's middle class is getting hammered, and Washington is rigged to work for the big guy. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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

" I pay for homeowner's insurance, I pay for car insurance, I pay for health insurance. "

Elizabeth Warren

" Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. "

Elizabeth Warren

" I was 30 before I realized, you know, that I probably was an accident. These things just suddenly hit you one day. "

Elizabeth Warren

" 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

" The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act will reestablish a wall between commercial and investment banking, make our financial system more stable and secure, and protect American families. "

Elizabeth Warren

" If you believe that America must work for all of us, not just the rich and powerful, if you believe we must reject the politics of fear and division, if you believe we are stronger together, then let's work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States! "

Elizabeth Warren