Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

When we talk about the word 'socialism,' I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity and…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I'm not going to do that. That…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

At Standing Rock, we experienced, first-hand, people coming together in their communities and trying to use the levers of representative democracy to…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, 'What are we fighting against?'

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In terms of closing Rikers, we have to close Rikers, but we have to ensure that we're not just taking - that…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I don't think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

It is unacceptable to be disrespectful of Congressman Crowley. He's done some phenomenal, phenomenal work for the Bronx and Queens.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

It's time we acknowledge that not all Democrats are the same. That a Democrat who takes corporate money, profits off foreclosure, doesn't…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I was nominated at first by a group called Justice Democrats. They were trying to essentially field non-corporate candidates in the 2018…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

It was really my experience at Standing Rock that was pretty pivotal for me because I saw how corporations were literally militarizing…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn't be in politics, now are saying, 'Oh, wait, I don't need…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I wake up every day, and I'm a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

If you're differently-abled, if you're a person of color, if you express your identity in a way that's different from the norm,…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In Puerto Rico, we continue to see the perpetuation of second-class citizenship in the United States.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Change takes courage.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Women like me aren't supposed to run for office.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez