Maxine Waters Quotes

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Maxine Waters

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 15, 1938

When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group of media individuals who were there that I didn't think James Comey had any credibility, and I threw up my hands and walked away - that went viral.

Maxine Waters

A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently.

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I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.

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I saw the real difference between politicians who supported programs like Head Start and those who didn't. I started getting really excited about politics.

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I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language.

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I'm going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do.

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That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.

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How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

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I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

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I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.

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This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.

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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.

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There's a history of enslaved African-Americans having to make their slave masters comfortable. This business of what we call skinning and grinning - that is something African-Americans are very much cognizant of.

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Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.

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Russia is not our friend.

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I'm accustomed to being harassed.

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I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O'Reilly or anybody.

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Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.

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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.

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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.

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