Political Quotes

I rise today, Mr. Speaker, because I am a liberated, unbought, unbossed Democrat. I not only speak the truth to power; I speak truth about power. You speak truth to power by simply saying: ``Power, there is a problem. Let's solve it.'' It…

and still I rise, and I rise, Mr. Speaker, to call to the attention of this august body some important information. I rise, Mr. Speaker, as the only Member of Congress ever to be evicted during a joint session of Congress. I have been…

I’m unbought, I’m unbossed and I’m liberated.

I did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.