Maxine Waters

“I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories.”

“Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color.”

“I don't have any presidential aspirations. If the millennials want me to do it, I'd do it, though.”

“Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking.”

“We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours.”

“We use language that has been designed to keep order, and to keep people in line.”

“I am going to help show the American people that they too cannot trust him, that this is a man that does not live up to his promises, and this is a man who cheated students in the so-called Trump University.”

“Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it.”

“I had to ask my grandchildren, 'What does it mean? I threw shade?'”

“I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance to have a decent quality of life. I believe we can do a lot greater than that.”

“Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, 'Who would vote for you? Look at her face.'”

“Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave.”

“The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.”

“Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing.”

“Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing.”

“I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education.”

“Russia is not our friend.”

“We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people.”

“I'm not running for anything but my own seat.”

“My Millennials, 'stay woke'.”