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" The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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" The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance. "

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" Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake. "

" As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them. "

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" I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in. "

" Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. "

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" I'm not really into politics, but if I had my own country, I would make sure all my people were educated and figuring out what they love to do, and focusing on that. "

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" It's now our responsibility to prove to ourselves, to other nations, and especially to our children and our grandchildren, that politics is full of fun; politics has some wisdom. Politics is freedom. "

" You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. "

" There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing. "

" Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do. "

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" That's politics. After six o'clock, we can be friends, but before six, it's politics. "

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" I do think that sometimes, especially coming into this going straight from activism to being a candidate or to being a person who potentially, you know, looks like will be holding political office soon, I think we expect our politicians to be perfect and fully formed and on point on every single issue. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion. "

" Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night. "

" People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music. "

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" We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. "

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" Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. "

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" I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office. "

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