To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It's asserting the value of saying that the America we want and the America that we are proud of is one in which all children can access… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I do think that sometimes, especially coming into this going straight from activism to being a candidate or to being a person who potentially,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
It's disingenuous to... pretend the sources of our money don't impact the policy we write - you just can't serve two masters. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It's asserting the value of saying that the America we want… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and they just… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
It's really scary or it's easy to generate fear around an idea or around an -ism when you don't provide any substance to it. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
