Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes
10 quotes • Politician • Age 36
"Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."
"We must lean on others to strive on our own"
"Oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."
"They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
"I need my colleagues to understand that...their base is not the enemy(11/2020 in New York Times)"
"I learned that hope is not something that you have. Hope is something that you create, with your actions. Hope is something you have to manifest into the world, and once one person has hope, it can be contagious. Other people start acting in a way that has more hope."
"People really need to ask themselves why their communities chose to erect statues to slaveholders instead of abolitionists.(7/11/2020 on Twitter)"
"If Republicans were willing to scrutinize billionaires *half* as much as they scrutinize people on food stamps, this country would be a much better place.(12/7/2019 on Twitter)"
"Aggressive, overreaching wealth redistribution *does* happen in the United States, it just happens in the opposite direction conservatives scream about: our system takes money away from everyday people and siphons it towards the profanely wealthy.(9/16/2020 on Twitter)"
"I hope people realize that the same Republicans who are refusing to acknowledge the results of our elections also champion disastrous foreign policy claiming they're "bringing democracy" to other nations.(11/10/2020)"