Pete Buttigieg

I think that policy matters. I'm a policy guy.

— Pete Buttigieg

We can't look for greatness in the past.

— Pete Buttigieg

My marriage to Chasten has made me a better man.

— Pete Buttigieg

I was in high school when Columbine happened.

— Pete Buttigieg

I've always been terrible at land navigation.

— Pete Buttigieg

Tunisians are very friendly.

— Pete Buttigieg

I just feel more comfortable with my sleeves rolled up.

— Pete Buttigieg

We've got to find a way to use our identities to reach other people.

— Pete Buttigieg

Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.'

— Pete Buttigieg

My voting rights agenda is not that different from what you'd see in H.R. 1.

— Pete Buttigieg

As Democrats and progressives look to the future, we should remember our most essential values.

— Pete Buttigieg

I think people are just puzzled by why people where I'm from make the political choices sometimes that they do.

— Pete Buttigieg

Building a wall won't solve our border security challenges.

— Pete Buttigieg

I think people in our party tie themselves up in pretzels trying to be more electable.

— Pete Buttigieg

You can't just let companies self-regulate, and I've gotta think they get that, too.

— Pete Buttigieg

You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good…

— Pete Buttigieg

I think for those of us who think that our morality is something that needs to be in touch with our religious…

— Pete Buttigieg

I have not reached a considered position on the question of court-packing. Although I don't think we should be laughing at it.

— Pete Buttigieg

Donald Trump got elected because, in his twisted way, he pointed out the huge troubles in our economy and our democracy.

— Pete Buttigieg

I think of myself as a democratic capitalist, although I think the word 'socialism' loses its meaning every time that it is…

— Pete Buttigieg

My high school in South Bend had nearly a thousand students. Statistically, that means that several dozen were gay or lesbian. Yet,…

— Pete Buttigieg

As the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, I see on a daily basis the impact of politics and policy on my family,…

— Pete Buttigieg

The force that has come closest across American history to actually ending America was white supremacy. That was the Civil War.

— Pete Buttigieg

The greatest nation in the world should not have much to fear from a family, especially children, fleeing violence. More importantly, children…

— Pete Buttigieg

The death penalty has been one of many examples where racial discrimination has played out. You can see it in the simple…

— Pete Buttigieg

If somebody is saying that I should not compete because I'm a man, I don't know what to say to that. And…

— Pete Buttigieg

To me, what's really important about the Green New Deal isn't, like, one of the elements of it: it's the concept. It's…

— Pete Buttigieg

Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day…

— Pete Buttigieg

One respect in which I'm very much my father's son is how I feel about Joyce. 'Ulysses' is very much about daily…

— Pete Buttigieg

In local government, it's very clear to your customers - your citizens - whether or not you're delivering. Either that pothole gets…

— Pete Buttigieg

I think a lot about intergenerational justice. Short-term versus long-term helps to explain a lot of the policy disagreements that happen between…

— Pete Buttigieg

When people are economically or socially dislocated, they are always more vulnerable to being radicalized.

— Pete Buttigieg

Because reading is a way of putting yourself in someone else's experience, especially reading fiction.

— Pete Buttigieg

I've never believed in running for office so you can eventually run for some other office.

— Pete Buttigieg

I don't have to go on a tour to find out what's happening in middle America. I just go to Target.

— Pete Buttigieg

The world is changing, but it is not changing on its own.

— Pete Buttigieg

I believe in capitalism as long as there's a strong rule of law around it.

— Pete Buttigieg

The Electoral College needs to go, because it's made our society less and less democratic.

— Pete Buttigieg

The decision to serve needs to be independent of your politics.

— Pete Buttigieg

A message is something that makes sense no matter who you're running against.

— Pete Buttigieg