Political Quotes

J.B. Pritzker

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J.B. Pritzker is the 43rd Governor of Illinois, having taken office on January 14, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Pritzker has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during his tenure. He has been an advocate for progressive taxation and has worked to increase funding for public schools and social services. Pritzker's administration has also been marked by efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts on the state.

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Apr 29, 2025

It’s time to fight, everywhere, all at once.

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Apr 29, 2025

I don’t care why you’re joining the fight at this point, we just need everybody out there, right?

cnn.com
Apr 29, 2025

This is much worse than I thought it would be and it’s getting worse.

cnn.com
Apr 29, 2025

We’ve got to stand up and fight.

slate.com
Apr 29, 2025

He’s vindictive to every state, it appears to me.

cnn.com
Apr 29, 2025

I think it’s an easy word for people to use. I don’t take it as an offense to me.

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

We must abandon the culture of incrementalism that has led us to swallow their cruelty...

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They must understand that we will fight their cruelty...

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now.

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

The reckoning is here.

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

We’re going to hold people responsible. They can’t just get away with what they’re doing right now.

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

I’m blasting Democratic politicians for embracing a culture of incrementalism.

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

It’s time to fight, everywhere, all at once.

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values.

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

What I find ironic about the current conversation surrounding our party is that the voices flocking to podcasts and cable news shows to admonish fellow Democrats for not caring enough about the struggles of working families are the same…

nbcnews.com
Apr 27, 2025

Time to stop apologizing when we were not wrong.

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

Fellow Democrats, for far too long we’ve been guilty of listening to a bunch of do-nothing political types...

cnn.com
Apr 27, 2025

Today, as the blaze reaches the rafters, the pundits and politicians — whose simpering timidity served as kindle for the arsonists — urge us now not to reach for a hose.

msnbc.com
Apr 27, 2025

listening to a bunch of do-nothing political types who would tell us that America’s house is not on fire, even as the flames are licking their faces.

msnbc.com
Apr 22, 2025

Let's all recognize someone serving us for decades in Washington D.C., representing the state of Illinois with enormous integrity and honor.

cbsnews.com
Apr 22, 2025

The United States Constitution guarantees due process. We are witnessing Donald Trump erode our fundamental Constitutional rights in real time.

nbcnews.com
Apr 13, 2025

It’s something I think we all understand is necessary soon.

slate.com
Apr 1, 2025

Do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants — instead of their own lack of guts and gumption.

politico.com
Mar 23, 2025

By contrast, Pritzker raised alarms about Trump’s regime alluding to the rise of Nazism in Germany.

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