29 Quotes & Sayings By Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren is an American lawyer and law professor at Harvard University. She has taught bankruptcy law at Harvard Law School since 1994. Warren was the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, from March 2009 to June 2010. She also served as a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from July 2011 to January 2017 Read more

On November 2, 2012, she was elected to the United States Senate from Massachusetts, defeating incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown. Senator Warren is a leading figure in the Democratic Party and a prominent critic of Wall Street and big business.

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Balancing your money is the key to having enough. Elizabeth Warren
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When you have no real power, go public -- really public. The public is where the real power is. Elizabeth Warren
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When you have no real power, go public–really public. The public is where the real power is. Elizabeth Warren
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Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for. Elizabeth Warren
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There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory.. Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea - God bless! Keep a hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along. Elizabeth Warren
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There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did. Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea? God bless! Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along. Elizabeth Warren
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For capitalism to work, we all need one another. Elizabeth Warren
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I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars. Elizabeth Warren
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You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right. Elizabeth Warren
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I got married at 19 and graduated from a commuter college in Texas that cost $50 a semester. The way I see it, I'm a janitor's daughter who became a public school teacher, a professor, and a United States Senator. America is truly a country of opportunity! Elizabeth Warren
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Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors. Elizabeth Warren
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Others have said it before me. If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu. And so it is important that we have women in the United States Senate - strong women, women who are there to help advance an agenda that is important to women. Elizabeth Warren
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A good education is a foundation for a better future. Elizabeth Warren
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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. Elizabeth Warren
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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. Elizabeth Warren
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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. Elizabeth Warren
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Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans. 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. Elizabeth Warren
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There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills. Elizabeth Warren
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It is not good not to have health insurance that leaves the family very vulnerable. Elizabeth Warren
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Democrats fought to get health insurance for more Americans. Democrats fought for a strong consumer agency so big banks can't cheat people. We fought, we won, and we improved the lives of millions of people - thank you, President Obama! Elizabeth Warren
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I pay for homeowner's insurance, I pay for car insurance, I pay for health insurance. Elizabeth Warren
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I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts. Elizabeth Warren
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I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little. Elizabeth Warren
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Like a lot of you, I grew up in a family on the ragged edges of the middle class. My daddy sold carpeting and ended up as a maintenance man. After he had a heart attack, my mom worked the phones at Sears so we could hang on to our house. Elizabeth Warren
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When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value. Elizabeth Warren
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Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class. Elizabeth Warren
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I have voted against only one of President Obama's nominees: Michael Froman, a Citigroup alumnus who is currently storming the halls of Congress as U.S. Trade Representative pushing trade deals that threaten to undermine financial regulation, workers' rights, and environmental protections. Elizabeth Warren