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" Russia is not our friend. "
Maxine Waters
Friend
Russia
Our
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" My Millennials, 'stay woke'. "
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Millennials
Stay
Woke
" This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. "
Maxine Waters
People
War
Change
" My spirit tells me I cannot be silent. "
Maxine Waters
Spirit
Me
Silent
" I don't have any presidential aspirations. If the millennials want me to do it, I'd do it, though. "
Maxine Waters
Millennials
Aspirations
Any
" I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative. "
Maxine Waters
Service
Working
Late
" The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous. "
Maxine Waters
Drop
Drip
Coming
" It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated. "
Maxine Waters
Feeling
Need
People
" Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave. "
Maxine Waters
Know
Mission
Own
" This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell. "
Maxine Waters
Game
Tough
Hell
" I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes. "
Maxine Waters
Trying
Working Hard
Hard
" I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win. "
Maxine Waters
Heart
Win
Think
" I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal. "
Maxine Waters
Think
Vocal
Democrats
" I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it. "
Maxine Waters
People
I Am
Fight
" I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education. "
Maxine Waters
Talk
Young
Doing
" I'd like to say to women everywhere: don't allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you. "
Maxine Waters
Say
People
Like
" If I never do anything else in this career as a member of Congress, I'm gonna make somebody pay for what they've done to my community and to my people! "
Maxine Waters
Community
Career
Never
" Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. "
Maxine Waters
Color
Policy
People
" We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not. "
Maxine Waters
Stand Up
Up
America
" I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. "
Maxine Waters
Black
Woman
Cannot
" I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?' "
Maxine Waters
Mean
Shade
Had
" Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats. "
Maxine Waters
Better
Believe
Most
" Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me. "
Maxine Waters
Me
Some People
Think
" A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently. "
Maxine Waters
Truth
Faith
Language
" We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours. "
Maxine Waters
Because
Earned
Hope
" Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing. "
Maxine Waters
Guess
About
Liberal
" That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. "
Maxine Waters
Congress
Resources
Provide
" I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in Congress and ended up as the ranking member of financial services committee. It took me into the financial services issues and Wall Street and Dodd Frank. And it took me away from the things that I did years ago. "
Maxine Waters
Street
Me
Years
" We moan and groan all the time about a lack of involvement of young people. But they have taught me a lot about what moves them. "
Maxine Waters
Time
People
Involvement
" I'm going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do. "
Maxine Waters
Way
Mind
Going
" There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk. "
Maxine Waters
Time
Love
People