Mario Cuomo Quotes

Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse.

For people to escape poverty for good, we need better policies that support work, strengthen families, and move America forward.

I will be a President for the middle class.

I always like to say, Bill Clinton created more millionaires and billionaires than any president, but you know what, more people moved out of poverty. Middle-class income - all-time high.

There are some templates that are in place for bipartisan investment in ways to make our economy stronger and ways to lift the middle class and help the vulnerable.

From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.

Instead of raising the minimum wage, let's lower taxes for the working poor.

We need policies that will benefit the middle class because you will not have a strong society without a strong middle class, fundamentally.

Tax cuts that actually go to working-class, middle-class people, I'm not opposed to.

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

As the 2016 presidential race kicks off, candidates on both sides of the aisle are promising to stand up for the middle class. Voters deserve to know that anyone who champions Obamacare cannot honestly say she or he is also a champion of middle-class Americans.

We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!

The Populist Caucus is the only caucus in Congress devoted solely to addressing middle class economic issues. We formed the caucus because the founding members felt like there wasn't enough focus on middle class issues in Washington, and we're going to keep it focused on middle class issues.

The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them.

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.

There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.

Wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for American families, that’s what I’m going to do.

I believe America thrives when the middle class thrives.

I want to help the middle class.

I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.

We believe that if you want a strong middle class, you have to vote for Democrats.

If it's conservative to say we need to help the middle class, then I'm a conservative.

Hispanics don't want more programs to make them comfortable in their poverty. What Hispanics really want is more opportunity: the freedom to work, leave poverty behind, and rise into the ranks of the middle class and beyond.