Debbie Wasserman Schultz Quotes

And as we work together, we will build a better America! As we work together, we will bring the middle class to thrive again! As we work together, we will make sure that everybody has the ladder of opportunity to climb!

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.

We don't want to saw off the first rung of the economic ladder.

I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.

What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.

Working together, we will continue to lay the foundation for a new generation of inclusive economic growth, expand economic opportunity for middle-class families, and ensure that innovative businesses have the support they need to thrive and grow in the years to come.

We choose forward. We choose inclusion. We choose growing together. We choose American economic might and muscle, standing strong on the bedrock of the American ideal: a strong, empowered and ever-growing middle class.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.

Because we believe that you got to build the economy from middle out and not from the top down.

For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class.

The best social programs we've had in this country are those that have united the middle class and the poor.

The middle class is the engine of this economy.

You cannot have a strong, resilient economy unless you have a strong resilient middle class.

Money is the great leveler.

The economy must provide justice as well as prosperity.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

… real prosperity can only come when everybody prospers.

As Ohio's working families continue to recover from the worst economic recession in our country's history, we need a president who's committed to growing our economy by lifting up the middle class.

We have to have an economy that is strong for everyone, working families who believe they can get ahead and give the children a better quality of life.

The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very dynamic free-market economy and limited government. People were out there pursuing their own self-interest and creating employment opportunities.

To reward work, to grow the middle class and strengthen the economy, to give millions of Americans the respect they deserve... It's time to raise the minimum wage.