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" We cannot run a democracy without a strong middle class. "

Elizabeth Warren

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" Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It is hard to protect against those. "

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" I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families. "

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" I loved teaching, but every day that I went to work, I carried the worry that I was hurting my kids because I wasn't at home with them. "

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

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" People who graduate are more resilient financially, and they weather economic downturns better than people who don't graduate. And, throughout their lives, people who graduate are more likely to be economically secure, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to live longer. Face it: A college degree puts a lot in your corner. "

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" I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off. "

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" And that's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together. "

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" 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. "

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" There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people. "

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Decision-Making

" When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't let the consultants change you,' and I'd always assured them that I wouldn't allow it to happen. But like it or not, I had to change. Not because of a consultant, but because I started to understand the cost of a stupid mistake. "

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" 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. "

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" When people feel like, 'Lenders weren't fair with me; I don't have any responsibility to be fair with them.' If we go far enough down that line, much of the fabric of our economy starts to unravel. "

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" G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions. "

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" The over-representation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message. It tells people that one - and only one - point of view will dominate economic policymaking. "

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

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

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" I had a baby and stayed home for a couple of years, and I was really casting about, thinking, 'What am I going to do?' My husband's view of it was, 'Stay home... We'll have more children; you'll love this.' And I was very restless about it. "

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

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Federal Reserve

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial. "

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