Carmen Yulín Cruz Quotes

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.

There's always something to rage about, right?

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart.

I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.

I really hate the people in power. I hate them with every fiber of my being. That is what drives me in almost everything I do.

Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry.

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

The Occupy movement found places where people who were feeling that anger could come and share it - and that is, as we all know, extremely important in any political movement. The Occupy sites became a way you could gauge the levels of anger and discontent.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

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.

... an act of insurrection.

Agitate, agitate, agitate.

A minority of malcontents, some justly, some unjustly, angry with the present state of things, will always exist in this world.

Somebody’s got to stand up against these experts.

The starting point is a passionate anger at something that does not work very well.

Raise hell - big time. I want y'all to get out there and raise hell about damned near everything. My word, there's a world out there that needs fixing. Get out there and get after it.

People need to make their voices heard in an orderly fashion.

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

I am a rebel.