78 Quotes by Ayanna Pressley

I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people.

There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the issue that no one else named - to spotlight it, to advocate for it. That's where all advocacy begins. I've asked different questions. I've raised different issues.

We want Boston to be the safest bicycling city.

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

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.

An increase in bicycle ridership brings an increased need for measures to ensure the safety of cyclists.

I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get that. It's just - it has to be, I think, tempered in a way that is for our overall advancement and not to our detriment or obliteration. When I say 'our,' I don't mean just communities of color.

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.