Maxine Waters Quotes

But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.

To me, politics is an extension of what I do in medicine.

I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political.

I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport.

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.

Today we are ending welfare as we know it.

My first passion is politics.

As a young woman, I was always interested in lobbying. I thought to find a cause you're passionate about, to really work on behalf of that cause, work on lobbying your state legislatures or your federal legislatures, that was of interest to me.

Liberals measure compassion by counting the number of people receiving government help.

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.

TDP is always very assertive for public interest.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

I started in politics as a fresh graduate wanting to make a difference, by bringing more political awareness and interest to young people.

I'm apolitical.

If Obama succeeds in turning health insurance and funding for college into universal entitlements, he will have expanded Washington's obligations on the scale of an LBJ or an FDR.

Some people have proposed universal basic income, UBI, basically making sure that everybody gets a certain amount of money to live off of. I think that's a wonderful idea. The problem is, we haven't been able to guarantee universal healthcare in this country.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

I was always interested in politics and I had great leadership skills from a young age.

Politics is not my thing.

I have my own political views and ideologies, but will not enter politics for sure.

The state is going to be present where it has to be for every Argentine, especially for the neediest of us.

At its core, government welfare is predicated on a false compassion.