--- title: "Best Nina Turner Quotations" description: "Nina Turner is an American politician and television personality who served on Cleveland City Council (2006‑2008) and in the Ohio Senate (2008‑2014)." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nina-turner-3107.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nina-turner-3107.jpg) # Nina Turner (1967) Politician **139** quotes in **636** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nina Turner is a politician. ## Quick Facts About Nina Turner Born December 7, 1967 Profession Politician ## About Nina Turner Nina Turner is an American politician and television personality. A member of the Democratic Party, she served on Cleveland City Council from 2006 to 2008 and in the Ohio Senate from 2008 to 2014. She describes herself as a democratic socialist. ## Quotes by Nina Turner · Page 4 > [I love Vice President Biden, let's make this clear. But we do need somebody that is going to reconnect with the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/i-love-vice-president-biden-let-s-make-this-clear-but-we-do-need/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Blame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/nina-turner-3107_blame_i-love-vice-president-biden-let-s-make-t_2558932.jpg) > [What happens to women happens to the entire nation. People work hard. But when you're working long hours, you don't get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/what-happens-to-women-happens-to-the-entire-nation-people-work-hard/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/nina-turner-3107_bigs_what-happens-to-women-happens-to-the-ent_3124289.jpg) > [All of the great social justice advances that we ever had in this country have come not from people with big titles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/all-of-the-great-social-justice-advances-that-we-ever-had-in-this/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/nina-turner-3107_change_all-of-the-great-social-justice-advances_3040549.jpg) > [You would think people who call themselves pro-life would want to make sure that our children are educated, that people could work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/you-would-think-people-who-call-themselves-pro-life-would-want-to/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/nina-turner-3107_children_you-would-think-people-who-call-themselv_2030930.jpg) > [We can do it all and have it all. That's what I want young women to know. Make their own music. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/we-can-do-it-all-and-have-it-all-that-s-what-i-want-young-women-to/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/nina-turner-3107_anything_we-can-do-it-all-and-have-it-all-that-s_2608727.jpg) > [Does being practical mean we prop up a legal system that's unfair, that bears its weight down on black men and black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/does-being-practical-mean-we-prop-up-a-legal-system-that-s-unfair/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/nina-turner-3107_american_does-being-practical-mean-we-prop-up-a-l_575896.jpg) > [We really are going to have to answer the cries of everyday women and men who are calling out for elected leaders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/we-really-are-going-to-have-to-answer-the-cries-of-everyday-women-and/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/nina-turner-3107_answers_we-really-are-going-to-have-to-answer-th_1892182.jpg) > [My grandmother bought me a set of Encyclopedia Britannica's when I was little, and I remember sitting on the floor reading through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/my-grandmother-bought-me-a-set-of-encyclopedia-britannica-s-when-i/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Dreaming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreaming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/nina-turner-3107_dreaming_my-grandmother-bought-me-a-set-of-encycl_549292.jpg) > [No administration in recent times has been able to tackle the needs of our veterans. On that, I do want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/no-administration-in-recent-times-has-been-able-to-tackle-the-needs/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/nina-turner-3107_able_no-administration-in-recent-times-has-be_940519.jpg) > [Real change begins with citizens registering to vote, becoming active and engaged in their communities, and casting their ballot at every election…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/real-change-begins-with-citizens-registering-to-vote-becoming-active/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/nina-turner-3107_change_real-change-begins-with-citizens-registe_127535.jpg) > [Democrats have lost over 1,000 seats since 2009. It's very easy for people to get up in arms about Mr. Trump, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/democrats-have-lost-over-1-000-seats-since-2009-it-s-very-easy-for/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/nina-turner-3107_arms_democrats-have-lost-over-1-000-seats-sin_2889615.jpg) > [Child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working. That keeps a parent from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/child-care-can-almost-bankrupt-a-family-even-a-two-parent-household/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Boards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/nina-turner-3107_boards_child-care-can-almost-bankrupt-a-family_824837.jpg) > [If not for food stamps, Medicaid, and various job programs, I would never have gone on to be the first in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/if-not-for-food-stamps-medicaid-and-various-job-programs-i-would/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/nina-turner-3107_city_if-not-for-food-stamps-medicaid-and-vari_8050.jpg) > [The overflow of big money in politics drowns out the voices of everyday people. That is part of the conundrum in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/the-overflow-of-big-money-in-politics-drowns-out-the-voices-of-2/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/nina-turner-3107_big_the-overflow-of-big-money-in-politics-dr_537801.jpg) > [I'm always amazed to hear my more conservative colleagues talking about how they care about life. They're pro-life, but when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/i-m-always-amazed-to-hear-my-more-conservative-colleagues-talking/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/nina-turner-3107_able_i-m-always-amazed-to-hear-my-more-conser_1794733.jpg) > [We can't make America great again without love, without hope, without justice, without peace and without an acknowledgement that the fear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/we-can-t-make-america-great-again-without-love-without-hope-without/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Acknowledgement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acknowledgement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/nina-turner-3107_acknowledgement_we-can-t-make-america-great-again-withou_2782024.jpg) > [We have an obligation to each other to not only push our politicians, but to push companies to do right by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/we-have-an-obligation-to-each-other-to-not-only-push-our-politicians/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [21st century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/21st-century/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/nina-turner-3107_21st-century_we-have-an-obligation-to-each-other-to-n_1212922.jpg) > [It's shameful that the elites basically have one-and-a-half political parties. Working class men and women have zero parties - or they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/it-s-shameful-that-the-elites-basically-have-one-and-a-half-political/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/nina-turner-3107_class_it-s-shameful-that-the-elites-basically_1043776.jpg) > [It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/it-s-important-for-women-to-understand-that-it-s-bad-enough-that-we/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/nina-turner-3107_african-american_it-s-important-for-women-to-understand-t_145633.jpg) ## Nina Turner by topic [Trump (31)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/nina-turner/) [People (29)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/nina-turner/) [Politics (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/nina-turner/) [Country (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/nina-turner/) [America (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/nina-turner/) [Women (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/nina-turner/) [Life (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nina-turner/) [Democracy (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/nina-turner/) [Vote (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vote/nina-turner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/#itemlist", "name": "Nina Turner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love Vice President Biden, let's make this clear. 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