15 quotes
"There is so much fear and hate. We must negate it with active, courageous love."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Love
"Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food and lead a dignified life in the United States."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Awareness
""Change takes courage.""
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"I am experienced enough to do this. I am knowledgeable enough to do this. I am prepared enough to do this. I am mature enough to do this. I am brave enough to do this."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"They’ll tell you you’re too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"We can be whatever we have the courage to see."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"Change takes courage."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"They'll tell you you're too loud and you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Courage
"The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Inspiration
"The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or the Marshall Plan."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Change
"They’ll tell you you’re too loud—that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Taking Risks
"We open doors so others can walk through them."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Service
"They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Boldness
"They’ll tell you you’re too loud – that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Boldness