I’ve seen a lot of poverty – coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that. Maxine Waters Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I could not remove myself from this debate about Trump. I could not abide his indecency. I could not live with the way he treated other people. Maxine Waters Read Quote
Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I’m getting the attention from the young people on social media. It’s been missing. Maxine Waters Read Quote
We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line. Maxine Waters Read Quote
Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, ‘Who would vote for you? Look at her face.’ Maxine Waters Read Quote
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 Read Quote
