“We want Boston to be the safest bicycling city.” — Ayanna Pressley Quote

“We want Boston to be the safest bicycling city.”

“Just as every animal is part of a kingdom, phylum, class, and order, every Dorchester resident has a parish, school, park, and neighborhood that they identify with.”

“I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of the LGBTQIA community.”

“Boston is the engine of the state's economy.”

“I can tell you that I can always recognize a Boston song, even if it's in a noisy place. I can hear that it's Boston even before I know what song it is. If a Boston song comes on in a club or somewhere, I notice that it's Boston, and the second thing I notice is what song it is.”

“In Boston, we don't lead by ourselves. We lead as the capital city and economic engine of a great Commonwealth.”