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“I am not a crisis actor.”
“I think there's an incredible amount of people who know not only what we're feeling but know people who have lost their lives to gun violence.”
“To every politician who is taking donations from the NRA, shame on you.”
“That's the number one rule after you lose someone is go to somebody else, go to the people around you, be with the people that you love.”
“Insecurities are debilitating a lot of times.”
“In a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us. Fifteen were injured. And everyone - absolutely everyone - in the Douglas Community was forever altered.”
“If I'm able to communicate one thing to adults, it would be this: it should not be easier to purchase a gun than it is to obtain a driver's license, and military-grade weapons should not be accessible in civilian settings.”
“What matters is that the majority of American people have become complacent in a senseless injustice that occurs all around them. What matters is that most American politicians have become more easily swayed by money than by the people who voted them into office.”
“If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists - things they actually need and can make use of.”
“As constituents, we've become lazy in terms of what we want and how to get it. If we, as a constituency, don't like what Congress is doing, but 90 percent of incumbents get reelected every year, that's a problem.”
“I'm an 18-year-old girl, at the end of the day. I'm a human person, and so are the people that I work with.”
“I draw, paint, crochet, sew, embroider - anything productive I can do with my hands while watching Netflix.”
“It's Florida. Hair is just an extra sweater I'm forced to wear.”
“My parents wouldn't let me shave it earlier, so I made a PowerPoint presentation to convince them. I strategically put pictures of bald women in there.”
“The pro-gun propaganda peddled by the National Rifle Association feeds myths about gun ownership, and these myths arguably perpetuate the suffering of thousands of Americans each year.”
“You don't drive a NASCAR on the street, no matter how fun it might be, just like you don't need an AR-15 to protect yourself when walking home at night. No one does.”