Maxine Waters Quotes:
I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.
Maxine Waters
How does he support Clinton’s urban agenda? He doesn’t know what it is.
Maxine Waters
I don’t think it works to just be mad at them – Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.
Maxine Waters
Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for Fiorina, who he basically said, ‘Who would vote for you? Look at her face.’
Maxine Waters
There’s a history of enslaved African-Americans having to make their slave masters comfortable. This business of what we call skinning and grinning – that is something African-Americans are very much cognizant of.
Maxine Waters
This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We’ve had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.
Maxine Waters
I don’t have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don’t find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren’t interested in those stories.
Maxine Waters
This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.
Maxine Waters
When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group of media individuals who were there that I didn’t think James Comey had any credibility, and I threw up my hands and walked away – that went viral.
Maxine Waters
That’s what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.
Maxine Waters
I have been adopted by the millennials, and I’m enjoying every minute of it! I’m learning a new language.
Maxine Waters
The women’s movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women’s Conference or the National Women’s Conference for Carter.
Maxine Waters
Russia is not our friend.
Maxine Waters
I’m accustomed to being harassed.
Maxine Waters
I’m going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do.
Maxine Waters
I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined.
Maxine Waters
I was working at the telephone company in the late ’80s as a service representative.
Maxine Waters
Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.
Maxine Waters