Ayanna Pressley Quotes

American - Politician | February 3, 1974 -

Players who take a knee during the national anthem do so to protest injustice across the country - fulfilling a patriotic duty to never accept injustice, but to call it out when we see it.

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We need a permanent solution to TPS recipients and develop a path to citizenship. And, more fundamentally, we need to ensure that our immigration policies treat those coming to this country with the dignity and compassion that should be afforded to all human beings and immediately stop tearing families apart.

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Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.

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Making progress on longstanding challenges requires a different lens and a new approach.

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We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.

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In tech communities, we consider disruption the way to lead to innovation.

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We make a mistake when we stereotype neighborhoods as 'bad' and not worth our attention or investment.

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We desperately need comprehensive immigration reform in this nation, and yes, comprehensive immigration reform proposals are nuanced and complicated, but you know what shouldn't be? Our capacity to see each other's humanity.

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ImmigrationHumanityYouComplicated

I am black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both. But I've never asked anyone to vote for me because I'm black and a woman.

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At the women's march, we held signs that said, 'Today we march, tomorrow we run.' They didn't believe us, but it's coming to pass.

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My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

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I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.

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