Ayanna Pressley Quotes

All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms.

The Southern Progress Fund will bring much-needed resources into multiple Southern states where Democrats must identify up-and-coming leaders and build a bench of strong potential candidates up and down the ballot.

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.

Dukakis ran without understanding that there was a Democratic Party out in the land, and he never did call on it.

The black vote is always important, and the reason is it serves as a tremendous base for the Democratic Party. On the national level, Democrats traditionally receive at least 90 percent of the black vote.

Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization.

I think it's very important to always make sure that you're talking to the entire coalition and to as many Americans as possible; not to go chasing after one little group or another. The Democrats would bring new groups into their party and not notice that larger groups are going out the back door.

We need to go everywhere. There is not one county in this state, I don't care how far west you go, that doesn't have Democrats. We have to be proud of who we are.

I'm on the ground, I've been in swing states, I've been talking to the American people, I've been out there speaking on behalf of Obama's record, I've been in the trenches.

We need new energy back in Washington.

If the Democratic Party is to win in November, it will have to fly with both its wings—the liberal and the conservative.

The two old parties … fight only for office. Observe how utterly both parties in this respect lack program and new leadership.

The people have grown tired of the monotony of being served for 20, 30—or 40 years by the same men in Parliament…. Let the Irish people replace us, by all means, by other, and I hope, better men, if they so choose.

I can fight better on the outside. I can't fight too many Democrats on the inside like I can on the outside.

The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party.

I want to ensure that the Democratic Party moves in a more progressive direction, substantively and message-wise. And goes out and reaches people all over this country.

I am inclined to believe that it would be easier to build a new party than to save the Democratic Party from itself.

We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first.

I believe that we need to think very seriously, particularly as folks of color and progressives, about building either a new party or a new movement that can hold the Democratic Party accountable or provide a meaningful alternative.

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

The Democratic Party has had a real problem with recruitment because the party too often looks at just who's next in line in the party to run rather than in finding inspiring new leaders.

I'm trying to make the case to voters across the political spectrum that someone who brings a younger perspective - a fresher perspective... can change the culture in Washington more effectively than someone who has run for office 9 or 10 times.

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

I think Millennials are more progressive, more socially progressive, much more concerned about economic issues that impact the poor and middle class, and so that basically shows me that the Democratic party will have a bright future.

Look, we are building out a large coalition program from Latinos for Trump, Black Voices for Trump, the faith-based, all kinds of different coalitions. That's an important thing for us to do. We need to turn out those voters.