“People don't realize they have the power. People don't realize that if...” — Carmen Yulin Cruz Quote

“People don't realize they have the power. People don't realize that if they come together, there are more of them than those who occupy the seat that I'm in right now.”

“Politics is a rough game, and sometimes as females we are taught that you have to play nice. Sometimes you can't play nice.”

“There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.”

“Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.”

“The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.”

“Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land?”