Cleveland is my hometown.

We can't solve all of our problems in a short time.

We need to deliver efficient, transparent government.

My family was always there for me, and believe in me whether I have a title or not.

Our state is great, but it can be greater and I am committed to helping realize that potential.

I'm interested in running for an office that would allow me the opportunity to work harder and do a better job for the citizens of this state, and I will not rule out any office that gives me that ability.

I think it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of local government.

You would think people who call themselves pro-life would want to make sure that our children are educated, that people could work and live a good life, that you can take a vacation every now and then.

Redistricting reform is one of the most important issues we can tackle.

Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.

If someone were lying on the road dying would it matter to you who came to save you? If it was a Democrat or a Republican, would it matter?

The vote is the last great equalizer that we have in this country.

As a female candidate, you always expect that some people will think you are not as capable of being an executive, or that you may be 'too emotional' for office. As an African-American woman, the bar can be even higher.

It is my hope that the establishment part of the Democratic Party will heed what the grass roots is saying.

If we want to be the big-tent party, if we want to be the party that is seen as the party that really stands up for the working class, we have to welcome people in and not just believe a certain way.

You have a voice, you have a vote. Use it.

It is the duty of governments to create a pro-voter environment that encourages participation, but it is also the responsibility of citizens to make their voices heard.

It is imperative that Democrats take a stand and embrace Medicare for All and other progressive policies that address the needs of millions of Americans.

Our country is the richest in the history of the world. We should be working to expand and improve successful programs like Medicare, and offer more to our citizens.

The more Democrats try to abandon the values and policies embodied in our platform, the more we will continue to lose. We can't win by running on incrementalism.

Making it harder for the most vulnerable voters to participate in the political process inevitably leads to policies and policymakers that do not represent the interests of all people.

The right to vote is an important guarantee by itself, but it is what those votes add up to that matters even more. These votes shape the government under which we live.

Ohio is my home, always. I'm a homegirl. Ohio is my home. Ohio is my first love.

If there is a Republican or a Libertarian or Green Party person that believes in Medicare for all, then that's our kind of person.

Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know from Our Revolution.

I was born to teenage parents who got married young and divorced early.

My mother was born into a solidly middle-class family, but, as all too many Americans understand, everything doesn't always go as planned - no matter how hard you work. She died on welfare. Without the support of the state, I shudder to think of where we would have ended up.

Global warming is a real threat to our communities, to everybody, to everything.

Democracy is stronger, is better, is more robust when people participate. We should want to encourage that.

It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression.

I am the type of person that, you know, I'm gonna get the work done. If I decide to take on a cause, take on an issue, I'm ride or die.

Any Democrat worth their salt that doesn't unequivocally say Medicare-for-all is the way to go? To me, there's something wrong with them.

The issues that matter to women also matter to communities... and these issues have a ripple effect all across the country. And the purist sense of the feminist tradition - feminism is not anti-man. It is pro-humanity.

Ohio suffered, like a lot of Midwestern states, under the weight of trade deals that really diminished a lot of good-paying manufacturing jobs; a lot of the blue collar workers in the state are suffering, just like many of their counterparts across the country. I'm not terribly surprised that Mr. Trump won Ohio.

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.

The overflow of big money in politics drowns out the voices of everyday people. That is part of the conundrum in this country: The more money you have the more speech you have. That leaves everyday people out of the equation.

We have an obligation to each other to not only push our politicians but to push companies to do right by their workers.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I'm doing, you know what I mean? And I think what's gon' separate whoever's gon go for something, that you ain't gon' quit.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

Material things ain't nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it's who you is. You wasn't born with it; you gon' die without it.

It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of 'em and I could deliver with the best of 'em.

I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.

I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.

You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create - in one generation - closing the gap. That's why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: 'cause it's life or death for real.