78 Quotes by Ayanna Pressley

One of my priorities is criminal justice reform, and there is certainly bipartisan appetite for that. I think we need to eliminate the cash bail system. We need to eliminate mandatory minimums. We need sentencing reform. I think we need parole reform as well.

I have been really furious about the constant charges being lobbed against me about identity politics that, by the way, are only lobbed against women and candidates of color.

I think culture is a very challenging thing to reverse.

I used to turn in, like, 20 money orders to pay my rent - $20 for this one, $30 for this one. I didn't have a checking account.

In Washington, we need to pass a clean DREAM Act.

People close to me personally, politically, have expressed frustration that I'm not the political animal that they wish that I were.

If the power was equitable, then our boards, then our commissions, our contracting, our wealth-building opportunities would all look very different.

There's something to be said for perseverance.

Listening is something as elected officials, as leaders, we forget to do.