I don't have stars in my eyes. I'm not personally ambitious. I'm very aspirational. — Ayanna Pressley Ambitious Copy Share Image
I've just kept going, like millions of people do every day, because life does not allow them to do anything else. — Ayanna Pressley Anything Copy Share Image
It's important that people see themselves mirrored in government. — Ayanna Pressley Government Copy Share Image
For me, whatever vantage point that I'm serving, I'm going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values. — Ayanna Pressley Advocate Copy Share Image
When I was ready to buy my first home after years of renting, I immediately zeroed in on Dorchester. — Ayanna Pressley Buy Copy Share Image
Listening is something as elected officials, as leaders, we forget to do. — Ayanna Pressley Communication Copy Share Image
We make a mistake when we stereotype neighborhoods as 'bad' and not worth our attention or investment. — Ayanna Pressley Attention Copy Share Image
Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts. — Ayanna Pressley Black Copy Share Image
Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it. — Ayanna Pressley Community Copy Share Image
I think people want to live in a city that is welcoming and inclusive. I don't think people want to feel that… — Ayanna Pressley City Copy Share Image
Since being elected to the City Council, I have been unwavering in my commitment to address issues uniquely impacting women and girls… — Ayanna Pressley Being Copy Share Image
From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown… — Ayanna Pressley Big corporations Copy Share Image
Players who take a knee during the national anthem do so to protest injustice across the country - fulfilling a patriotic duty… — Ayanna Pressley Accept Copy Share Image
I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to… — Ayanna Pressley Alone Copy Share Image
Bad influences and distractions were around every corner. But I also learned that my neighborhood could be a nurturing, positive place to… — Ayanna Pressley Bad Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, 'Ebony Magazine' was a must read in our household. In those pages I found our news, our… — Ayanna Pressley Books Copy Share Image
We need a permanent solution to TPS recipients and develop a path to citizenship. And, more fundamentally, we need to ensure that… — Ayanna Pressley Compassion Copy Share Image
Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the… — Ayanna Pressley Community Copy Share Image
Our immigration system is fundamentally broken, and ICE's role in supporting the existing system - including separating families seeking refuge in the… — Ayanna Pressley Broken Copy Share Image
There's many law changes, policy changes I can point to. But a lot of my work has also been to name the… — Ayanna Pressley Advocacy Copy Share Image
One of my priorities is criminal justice reform, and there is certainly bipartisan appetite for that. I think we need to eliminate… — Ayanna Pressley Bipartisan Copy Share Image
If elected, I will work with federal leaders to rehouse the non-immigration enforcement functions of ICE - including human trafficking and money… — Ayanna Pressley Homeland security Copy Share Image
I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get… — Ayanna Pressley Identity Copy Share Image
I don't think people that make history set out to make it. — Ayanna Pressley History Copy Share Image
I never thought I had the monopoly on struggle or suffering. — Ayanna Pressley Adversity Copy Share Image
You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people. — Ayanna Pressley Cannot Copy Share Image
Because boys tend to dominate the narrative for who's at risk, sometimes they dominate the lion's share of services, too. — Ayanna Pressley Boys Copy Share Image
At some point or another, everyone has felt unseen and unheard and marginalized. — Ayanna Pressley Another Copy Share Image
