Jess Phillips Quotes

We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.

I went back into politics only when it was clear that things weren't going as they should have in my party. I was always arguing, I argued with everyone - with my father, with the leaders I had known since I was a child...and one day, it was in 1955, one of them exclaimed, 'You do nothing but criticize! If you think you can correct things, correct them. Go ahead, why don't you try?' Well, I could never resist a challenge, so I tried.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

I'm going to Congress to break down the doors of power.

I want people to be mad as hell. Be mad as hell and work toward something. Find an issue and find a candidate that you believe in.

Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!

If election is your goal, you're never going to engage in reform. Reform has to be your goal. Election is the means. You run for office in order to do something, not in order to perpetuate yourself.

We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

I want to be at least part of the change in Congress.

Bernie is great, but we've got to keep this political revolution going.

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

I will always be the voice of the people and a voice for reason in Washington D.C.

The problem with the Democratic Party is, we're like, 'If we just get another presidential candidate in there, everything will be OK.' We should be focusing on school boards, city council races, state legislatures.

I cannot be clearer about this. I am not in politics, let alone Labour's shadow cabinet, to keep things as they are.

Someone like Bernie Sanders can be in office for 30 years, but he's not the establishment.

Going forward, we must continue the fight to change the direction of our country.

As recently as 2014, I was a Paul Ryan supporter. I pounded signs and made phone calls on his behalf. I bought his book and gave it out to friends.

It's not at all a secret that I was one of the co-founders of Brand New Congress, and we've never tried to hide our goals.

I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

Dealing with politicians, that's a little different. But government doesn't change until people demand it.

As a Donald Trump supporter, the battle to elevate the will of the people above that of the establishment is one with which I empathize.