Kevin de Leon Quotes

Kevin de Leon

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 10, 1966

My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.'

Kevin de Leon

The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around.

Kevin de Leon

I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy.

Kevin de Leon

I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake.

Kevin de Leon

I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor.

Kevin de Leon

What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America.

Kevin de Leon

I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot give the federal government extraordinary powers to eavesdrop without a warrant. It's simply un-American.

Kevin de Leon