Political Quotes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she gained national attention for her progressive policies and advocacy on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and economic inequality. Ocasio-Cortez is known for her grassroots campaigning and her ability to mobilize young voters, making her a prominent figure in the progressive wing of the party.

Quotes by year · 2018–20261,948 total · peak 2019 (492)
2018: 3 quotes2019: 492 quotes2020: 100 quotes2021: 255 quotes2022: 111 quotes2023: 385 quotes2024: 137 quotes2025: 301 quotes2026: 164 quotes
Jun 6, 2026

Presidents come and go; Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever.

foxnews.com
Jun 6, 2026

There’s a world where in order to do that, I shouldn’t have that job.

foxnews.com
Jun 6, 2026

What matters more is that we guarantee healthcare in this country.

foxnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

I don't want to speak before I've dug into a lot of, you know, to before I've dug into what's out there. So, I just want to be respectful of that man.

foxnews.com
Jun 5, 2026

This all kind of just came out. I've been doing legislative business on the floor, so I need to dig into everything further before commenting on it.

foxnews.com
Jun 4, 2026

When something is burning in this state, Sam runs towards the fire. That's the kind of person he is, and that's the kind of person we have the opportunity to send to Congress.

cbsnews.com
May 31, 2026

This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia, right after a data center was constructed, the Meta data center was constructed.

utahnewsdispatch.com
May 29, 2026

What a lot of these folks that are dumping in tons of money in congressional races like these, what they don’t understand, what they don’t want us to see, is that the same forces that pushed my family out in New York City are the same…

dailymontanan.com
May 29, 2026

Because what the folks and the big money don’t want us to realize is that … our struggles are far more common than our landscapes are different.

dailymontanan.com
May 28, 2026

The influence of big money in politics is a major reason why everyday Americans struggle to trust our institutions and our work in Congress. That is why I am proud to co-chair the End Corruption Caucus, alongside Congressmen Jason Crow and…

levin.house.gov
May 28, 2026

You can get market power, you can break rules, you can abuse labor laws, you can pay people less than what they’re worth, but you can’t earn that.

washingtonexaminer.com
May 26, 2026

I think it’s pretty unbelievable that Gaza would not be mentioned once in the autopsy report. I think it was very clearly a major dynamic and a major thread that was happening in 2024.

huffpost.com
Jan 2, 2026

Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city. He will be our first immigrant mayor in over a century, and he will be the youngest mayor of New York City in generations. But most importantly, Zohran will be a mayor for…

abcnews.go.com
Jan 1, 2026

We have chosen that over the distractions of bigotry and the barbarism of extreme income inequality.

usatoday.com
Nov 22, 2025

She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in

theguardian.com
Nov 21, 2025

When you’re in a position of power like she is, you can’t just talk the talk, but you also have to walk the walk.

usatoday.com
Nov 16, 2025

It is Senate Democrats that select their leadership.

nbcnews.com
Nov 12, 2025

We cannot enable this kind of cruelty with our cowardice.

nytimes.com
Nov 12, 2025

We have federal workers across the country that have been missing paychecks.

nytimes.com
Nov 5, 2025

President Trump has threatened New York City if we dare stand up to him. The people of New York came together and we said, ‘You don’t threaten New York.’

latimes.com
Nov 5, 2025

Our assignment everywhere is to send the strongest fighters for the working class wherever possible.

npr.org
Nov 5, 2025

And I think the message that that sends is that the Democratic Party cannot last much longer by denying the future.

npr.org
Nov 5, 2025

To me, it's this radical idea that working people have economic rights.

npr.org
Oct 27, 2025

We demand that we pay to care for our people instead of the flattening of Palestinians.

nypost.com
Oct 27, 2025

In nine short days, we will work our hearts out to elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani as the next mayor of the great city of New York.

nypost.com

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