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> [Sometimes you have to shake the tree in order to make things happen. And if that has a political cost, I will take it, as long as it saves lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/sometimes-you-have-to-shake-the-tree-in-order-to-make-things-happen/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

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## More by Carmen Yulin Cruz

> [When I was in school, I was too short to erase the blackboard. It was my job to put away the chairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/when-i-was-in-school-i-was-too-short-to-erase-the-blackboard-it-was/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [What really is nasty is showing your back to the Puerto Rican people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/what-really-is-nasty-is-showing-your-back-to-the-puerto-rican-people/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [People don't realize they have the power. People don't realize that if they come together, there are more of them than those who occupy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/people-don-t-realize-they-have-the-power-people-don-t-realize-that-if/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/there-are-people-who-do-everything-for-a-calculative-political-motive/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [You don't fight injustice by asking to become part of the system that committed the injustice against you in the first place. That's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/you-don-t-fight-injustice-by-asking-to-become-part-of-the-system-that/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell, so I am asking the members of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/i-am-done-being-polite-i-am-done-being-politically-correct-i-am-mad/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [If President Trump were to say, 'I'm going to go to San Juan to see that nasty mayor,' I would receive him with open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/if-president-trump-were-to-say-i-m-going-to-go-to-san-juan-to-see/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [I don't have time for politics. There is a mission, and that is to save lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/i-don-t-have-time-for-politics-there-is-a-mission-and-that-is-to-save/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [I want to make sure that people understand that we know the difference between President Trump and the good-hearted people and the good-natured people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/i-want-to-make-sure-that-people-understand-that-we-know-the/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [When someone is bothered by someone claiming lack of drinking water, lack of medicine for the sick, and lack of food for the hungry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/when-someone-is-bothered-by-someone-claiming-lack-of-drinking-water/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [Politics is a rough game, and sometimes as females we are taught that you have to play nice. Sometimes you can't play nice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/politics-is-a-rough-game-and-sometimes-as-females-we-are-taught-that/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [When you're drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. When you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/when-you-re-drinking-from-a-creek-it-s-not-a-good-news-story-when-you/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [Sometimes you have to shake the tree in order to make things happen. And if that has a political cost, I will take it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/sometimes-you-have-to-shake-the-tree-in-order-to-make-things-happen/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [Yes, there is racism. There is discrimination. Mr. Trump may have the most powerful job in the world, but that does not make him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/yes-there-is-racism-there-is-discrimination-mr-trump-may-have-the/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

> [I wanted to be mayor, but my party didn't want me. I was perhaps too liberal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-yulin-cruz/i-wanted-to-be-mayor-but-my-party-didn-t-want-me-i-was-perhaps-too/)

[Carmen Yulin Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-yulin-cruz/)

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