“We need a permanent solution to TPS recipients and develop a path to c...” — Ayanna Pressley Quote

“We need a permanent solution to TPS recipients and develop a path to citizenship. And, more fundamentally, we need to ensure that our immigration policies treat those coming to this country with the dignity and compassion that should be afforded to all human beings and immediately stop tearing families apart.”

“I'm an only child, so I don't come from a big family. But it has been my observation from friends who do come from big families that usually, when you have a family fight, on the back end you come out better and stronger for it.”

“My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead.”

“Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children's rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago.”

“Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.”

“Being speaker has afforded me a unique opportunity to serve parliament, for which I am immensely grateful.”

“I appreciate the opportunity afforded to me and I take it very seriously. That's work. And I love it.”

“North Carolina - our great state - means everything to me. I was born, raised, and educated here. I started and raised my own family here. And as Governor, I want to build a state where all North Carolinians are afforded the opportunities I've had.”

“Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.”

“Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments - including the one I ran as Governor of Mississippi - to deny the equal rights to an entire segment of our population that are afforded all of us under the Constitution.”

“I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.”