Top 45 Maxine Waters Quotes

I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.

We moan and groan all the time about a lack of involvement of young people. But they have taught me a lot about what moves them.

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

I have a right to my anger, and I don’t want anybody telling me I shouldn’t be, that it’s not nice to be, and that something’s wrong with me because I get angry.

We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people.

My Millennials, ‘stay woke’.

Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn’t care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn’t know the difference between an immigrant and a slave.

I’m going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do.

Priebus has been trying to clean up for Donald Trump for far too long. When he was making outrageous statements, when he was basically lying.

Why is it that Michael Flynn, who evidently has a great relationship with Putin, who has received payments for so-called speeches and who’s spent a lot of time in Russia and was accused of talking about sanctions, he lied about it, and he got caught?

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We’ve had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.

Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, ‘Who would vote for you? Look at her face.’

Russia is not our friend.

I don’t have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don’t find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren’t interested in those stories.

I’m accustomed to being harassed.

I’d like to say to women everywhere: don’t allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you.

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

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that’s who they are. That’s not me.

Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.

I’m not running for anything but my own seat.

If I never do anything else in this career as a member of Congress, I’m gonna make somebody pay for what they’ve done to my community and to my people!

We should have hope because we’ve earned it. We’ve worked for it! It’s ours.

I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.

I saw the real difference between politicians who supported programs like Head Start and those who didn’t. I started getting really excited about politics.

We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not.

I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons.

Women are prepared to run for office. They’re prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already.

The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous.

That’s what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.

I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined.

I had to ask my grandchildren, ‘What does it mean? I threw shade?’

We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line.

I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education.

My spirit tells me I cannot be silent.

I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes.

It’s very important that people who are feeling the need to do something… get activated.

I am talking about strategies that were developed, working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump’s mouth was a play from Putin’s playbook.

I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.

There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don’t talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk.

I’m so proud of this connection that I’ve made with these young people.

If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing.