People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged. Elizabeth Warren More Quotes by Elizabeth Warren More Quotes From Elizabeth Warren We will fight back against attacks on Latinos, on African-Americans, on women, on Muslims, on immigrants, on disabled Americans, on everyone. Whether Donald Trump sits in a glass tower or sits in the White House, we will not give an inch on this. Not now, not ever. Elizabeth Warren fighting house giving Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget. Your home or apartment. Your car. Your insurance. If you are overspending on these big monthly bills, then money's draining out of your pocket a lot faster than you can replace it by clipping coupons or buying cheaper coffee. Elizabeth Warren car coffee home I once had half a cup [of coffee], twenty years ago, and I'm still working it off. Elizabeth Warren cups coffee years It's powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance. Elizabeth Warren finance important kids There's a limit here. This is how far we go and we don't go further. And I also think by talking about [gifts] it that way, it avoids the unspoken idea that money is the expression of love. Elizabeth Warren expression talking thinking Both [of my granddaughters] Octavia and Lavinia have May birthdays. I've just been birthday shopping with them. But the shopping has a budget. I say, "Okay, if you pick this out, then you'll have how much left?" I wait for them to do the calculation, and they'll say, "$18." And we stand there and talk about, hmm, is that sweater really worth that much? And the girls work it through.Doing that takes away some of the magic of money. Elizabeth Warren sweaters shopping girl All three [of my grandkids] earn money around the house, and all three spend their own money. Now I've noticed that when they have to spend their own money on birthday cards, they have decided that homemade cards are so much nicer. Elizabeth Warren three house cards [My grandkids] are 5, 10, and 15. While they're young and still at home, I think it's all about learning the value of money. Elizabeth Warren grandkids home thinking Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable. Elizabeth Warren nsa community ordinary I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way we'd talk about sparkly shoes or what had happened at school. Elizabeth Warren shoes daughter school My daddy's response [to fear of being poor] was to never talk about money or what might happen if it ran out. Elizabeth Warren daddy poor might Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready. Elizabeth Warren fighting jobs country President Obama believes in a level playing field. Elizabeth Warren level-playing-field president believe Like a lot of you, I grew up in a family on the ragged edges of the middle class. My daddy sold carpeting and ended up as a maintenance man. After he had a heart attack, my mom worked the phones at Sears so we could hang on to our house. Elizabeth Warren mom heart men I oppose the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's an ill-conceived project that would lock us into further dependence on some of the dirtiest fossil fuels on the planet. Elizabeth Warren locks pipeline fuel There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back. Elizabeth Warren fighting believe children The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business. Elizabeth Warren sharks credit cards The administration [ of Barack Obama ]says I`m wrong, that there`s nothing to worry about. They say the deal is nearly done, and they are making a lot of promises about how the deal will affect workers, the environment and human rights - promises. But people like you can`t see the actual deal. Elizabeth Warren rights worry people Evidently there is no need for delay, no need for further study, if the government takes a loss and Wall Street makes a profit, but it is absolutely necessary to delay if homeowners might have a chance to cut their mortgages and stay in their homes. This is wrong, and it is time to fight back! Elizabeth Warren wall fighting home My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor. Elizabeth Warren poor parent