Sharan Burrow Quotes

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

You must make sure that the majority of the people are not marginalized.

We not only need community development but we need equitable development.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

We are fighting for an affordable, diverse community where all of us can thrive.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

When we empower our communities, we are all better off.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

The court that serves America should reflect America.

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good.

I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.