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160 Insightful Quotes By Elizabeth Warren From Climate Change To Capitalism

Famous As: United States Senator from Massachusetts and Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus
Born On: June 22, 1949
Born In: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Age: 73 Years

Elizabeth Warren is an eminent American lawyer and politician. Since 2013, she is serving as the senior Senator from Massachusetts. As a law school professor, her specialization was in bankruptcy law. While in the Senate she has laid emphasis on economic opportunity, social safety net, and consumer protection. In 2020, United States presidential election, she was one of the Democratic nominee candidates. Read through the collection of popular sayings by Elizabeth Warren, which have been curated from her interviews, speeches, public utterances, etc. Take a look at the compilation of quotes by Elizabeth Warren on business, progressive, safety, family, people, President, school, education, science, future, opportunity, grow, church, gun-control, and more.

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Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.

Americans are fighters. We're tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one - no one can stop us.

Elizabeth Warren
The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than three years ago, and there has been no real accountability, and there has been no real effort to fix it.

The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than three years ago, and there has been no real accountability, and there has been no real effort to fix it.

Elizabeth Warren
There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.

There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.

Elizabeth Warren
Get your money in balance. One rule of thumb is 50/30/20. Spend about 50% of your money on must-haves - things like rent, car payments - and about 30% on wants, while 20% should go toward savings and paying down debt.

Get your money in balance. One rule of thumb is 50/30/20. Spend about 50% of your money on must-haves - things like rent, car payments - and about 30% on wants, while 20% should go toward savings and paying down debt.

Elizabeth Warren
I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them - not one - stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them - not one - stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Elizabeth Warren
I have a daughter and I have granddaughters and I will never vote to let a group of backward-looking ideologues cut women's access to birth control. We have lived in that world, and we are not going back, not ever

I have a daughter and I have granddaughters and I will never vote to let a group of backward-looking ideologues cut women's access to birth control. We have lived in that world, and we are not going back, not ever

Elizabeth Warren
Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it's time to move from paying debt to building savings.

Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it's time to move from paying debt to building savings.

Elizabeth Warren
Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.

Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.

Elizabeth Warren
The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that.

The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that.

Elizabeth Warren
My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that goal. To learn everything I could. I always poked at the things that scared me most.

My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that goal. To learn everything I could. I always poked at the things that scared me most.

Elizabeth Warren
It's pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy.

It's pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy.

Elizabeth Warren
College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.

College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.

Elizabeth Warren
Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation.

Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation.

Elizabeth Warren
I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago - until the Republicans brought them back.

I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago - until the Republicans brought them back.

Elizabeth Warren
The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the economic fringes. It's people who worked hard and played by the rules.

The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the economic fringes. It's people who worked hard and played by the rules.

Elizabeth Warren
I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.

I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.

Elizabeth Warren
There's a limit here. This is how far we go and we don't go further. And I also think by talking about [gifts] it that way, it avoids the unspoken idea that money is the expression of love.

There's a limit here. This is how far we go and we don't go further. And I also think by talking about [gifts] it that way, it avoids the unspoken idea that money is the expression of love.

Elizabeth Warren
I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues. And let people around this country vote, let - people have caucuses, let them do it however they're going to do it.

I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues. And let people around this country vote, let - people have caucuses, let them do it however they're going to do it.

Elizabeth Warren
Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable.

Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable.

Elizabeth Warren
I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way we'd talk about sparkly shoes or what had happened at school.

I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way we'd talk about sparkly shoes or what had happened at school.

Elizabeth Warren
Once kids get older, the list is longer. So here goes: Stay out of debt. Sometimes debt is necessary, to buy a home or to get an education, but not to buy a sweater or to eat out.

Once kids get older, the list is longer. So here goes: Stay out of debt. Sometimes debt is necessary, to buy a home or to get an education, but not to buy a sweater or to eat out.

Elizabeth Warren
I oppose the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's an ill-conceived project that would lock us into further dependence on some of the dirtiest fossil fuels on the planet.

I oppose the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's an ill-conceived project that would lock us into further dependence on some of the dirtiest fossil fuels on the planet.

Elizabeth Warren
I don't want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.

I don't want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.

Elizabeth Warren
What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Elizabeth Warren
You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.

You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.

Elizabeth Warren
Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it.

Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it.

Elizabeth Warren
That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.

That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.

Elizabeth Warren
It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

Elizabeth Warren
The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st century clean, renewable energy?

The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st century clean, renewable energy?

Elizabeth Warren
Good for Warren Buffett that he can afford to do that! Some people, sometimes, need to finance a purchase or rent a car, and a credit card becomes a necessity.

Good for Warren Buffett that he can afford to do that! Some people, sometimes, need to finance a purchase or rent a car, and a credit card becomes a necessity.

Elizabeth Warren
The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene.

The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene.

Elizabeth Warren
Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.

Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.

Elizabeth Warren
Adjusted for inflation, somebody going to college today to a state university, is paying about 300 percent of what her mom or dad did just 30 years ago.

Adjusted for inflation, somebody going to college today to a state university, is paying about 300 percent of what her mom or dad did just 30 years ago.

Elizabeth Warren
It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

Elizabeth Warren
This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare.

This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare.

Elizabeth Warren
Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.

Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.

Elizabeth Warren
I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.

I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.

Elizabeth Warren
If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Elizabeth Warren
I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

Elizabeth Warren
Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.

Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.

Elizabeth Warren
The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.

The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.

Elizabeth Warren
Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.

Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.

Elizabeth Warren
We're going to make sure that the people who run for office and get elected are the ones who are going to work for the American people.

We're going to make sure that the people who run for office and get elected are the ones who are going to work for the American people.

Elizabeth Warren
When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.

When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.

Elizabeth Warren
Washington is rigged for the big guys - and no person has more consistently called them out for it than Jon Stewart. Good luck, Jon!

Washington is rigged for the big guys - and no person has more consistently called them out for it than Jon Stewart. Good luck, Jon!

Elizabeth Warren
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

Elizabeth Warren
Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.

Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.

Elizabeth Warren
[My grandkids] are 5, 10, and 15. While they're young and still at home, I think it's all about learning the value of money.

[My grandkids] are 5, 10, and 15. While they're young and still at home, I think it's all about learning the value of money.

Elizabeth Warren
There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch.

There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch.

Elizabeth Warren
It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.

It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.

Elizabeth Warren
It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

Elizabeth Warren
If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Elizabeth Warren
Say good-bye to the Affordable Care Act. That means 20 million people who lose their health insurance, just like that.

Say good-bye to the Affordable Care Act. That means 20 million people who lose their health insurance, just like that.

Elizabeth Warren
People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.

People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.

Elizabeth Warren
I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.

I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.

Elizabeth Warren
My advice is to treat [credit cards] like what they are: little plastic grenades that must be handled very carefully.

My advice is to treat [credit cards] like what they are: little plastic grenades that must be handled very carefully.

Elizabeth Warren
If you want to find out how strong a company's ethics are, don't listen to what its people say, watch what they do.

If you want to find out how strong a company's ethics are, don't listen to what its people say, watch what they do.

Elizabeth Warren
I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.

I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.

Elizabeth Warren
Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

Elizabeth Warren
Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

Elizabeth Warren
My daddy's response [to fear of being poor] was to never talk about money or what might happen if it ran out.

My daddy's response [to fear of being poor] was to never talk about money or what might happen if it ran out.

Elizabeth Warren
It`s one thing for Hillary Clinton to adopt some anti-Wall Street language to try to appeal to progressives.

It`s one thing for Hillary Clinton to adopt some anti-Wall Street language to try to appeal to progressives.

Elizabeth Warren
Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.

Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.

Elizabeth Warren
Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

Elizabeth Warren
If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.

If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.

Elizabeth Warren
The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Elizabeth Warren
There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what's going on here.

There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what's going on here.

Elizabeth Warren
I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.

I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.

Elizabeth Warren
It takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy.

It takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy.

Elizabeth Warren
That is especially important as more young people must take on huge debt loads to go to college.

That is especially important as more young people must take on huge debt loads to go to college.

Elizabeth Warren
When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

Elizabeth Warren
Donald Trump is a person who is an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself.

Donald Trump is a person who is an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself.

Elizabeth Warren
I think the best way it happens is if parents say, this is important for educating my child.

I think the best way it happens is if parents say, this is important for educating my child.

Elizabeth Warren
My mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right.

My mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right.

Elizabeth Warren
Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.

Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.

Elizabeth Warren
It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Elizabeth Warren
Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

Elizabeth Warren
We need to remind politicians they don't work for the big banks - they work for us.

We need to remind politicians they don't work for the big banks - they work for us.

Elizabeth Warren
I once had half a cup [of coffee], twenty years ago, and I'm still working it off.

I once had half a cup [of coffee], twenty years ago, and I'm still working it off.

Elizabeth Warren
We should be talking about expanding Social Security benefits - not cutting them.

We should be talking about expanding Social Security benefits - not cutting them.

Elizabeth Warren
Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

Elizabeth Warren
We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged.

We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged.

Elizabeth Warren
Donald Trump cannot, cannot be the man who leads the United States of America.

Donald Trump cannot, cannot be the man who leads the United States of America.

Elizabeth Warren
It's powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.

It's powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.

Elizabeth Warren
Donald Trump doesn't care who gets hurt, as long as he makes a profit off it.

Donald Trump doesn't care who gets hurt, as long as he makes a profit off it.

Elizabeth Warren
Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

Elizabeth Warren
I'm really concerned that 'too big to fail' has become 'too big for trial'.

I'm really concerned that 'too big to fail' has become 'too big for trial'.

Elizabeth Warren
Сount dollars, not pennies. Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget.

Сount dollars, not pennies. Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget.

Elizabeth Warren
Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

Elizabeth Warren
We have to rethink how to teach financial education in the 21st century.

We have to rethink how to teach financial education in the 21st century.

Elizabeth Warren
No one should have to get a PhD in economics to survive in this economy.

No one should have to get a PhD in economics to survive in this economy.

Elizabeth Warren
The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

Elizabeth Warren
The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.

The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.

Elizabeth Warren
Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever.

Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever.

Elizabeth Warren
If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

Elizabeth Warren
I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.

I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.

Elizabeth Warren
My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor.

My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor.

Elizabeth Warren
Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.

Elizabeth Warren
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.

Elizabeth Warren
I don't like credit cards. Let me triple underline that.

I don't like credit cards. Let me triple underline that.

Elizabeth Warren
Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.

Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.

Elizabeth Warren