Pete Buttigieg Quotes

Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are.

I'm part of a party that I think values making sure that everyone in this country has an opportunity to succeed. That's why I'm a Democrat.

The Democratic Party isn't any good unless they know it's about people!

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.

I have strong reasons for being a Democrat. Basically if you want true fairness in society, you want to give a voice in the corridors of power for the people who otherwise would not have it, I believe that will come from the Democratic Party.

Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.

Democrats need to define themselves - not what they're against or who they're against, but we have got to define ourselves with what we're for.

I believe in people, and you don't need to be a feminist for that.

The world has proved enough times that it can scale cruelty and violence. Compassion and kindness can and must be scaled to create a world of justice for children.

I remember thinking Democrats and liberals were the good guys. They cared about the little guy. They cared about poor people. They cared about minorities.

We want justice, but at the same time, we gotta love and come together and bring unity, and I feel it's gonna happen.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.