124 Quotes by Maxine Waters

We know that when a woman speaks truth to power, there will be attempts to put her down... I'm not going to go anywhere.

It's unusual for elected officials to step outside of the box.

Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me.

Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking.

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.

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.

I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative.

The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.

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.