By high school, I had traded my oversized, thick glasses for contact lenses, but my eyesight was getting worse every year, smothering my childhood aspiration of becoming an astronaut or, at least, a pilot. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
The challenge in confronting Trump is that there are certain things that he does that that you have to respond to, just morally. When… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I think there's an opportunity hopefully for religion to be not so much used as a cudgel but invoked as a way of calling… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I think people are just puzzled by why people where I'm from make the political choices sometimes that they do. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Presidents going live from the Oval Office have used that platform to inform the American public, and also to do one of the most… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.' — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values - and by changing… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
You're not free if you can't marry the person you love because a county clerk is imposing his or her interpretation of religion on… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
That really important freedom in my life, the freedom to marry, came about because of choices that were made by policymakers who had power… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
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 the concept… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
I am not skilled enough or energetic enough to craft a persona. I just have to be who I am and hope people like… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don't do these… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
There's a lot to be said for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day to secure… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
