I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.
Elizabeth WarrenI saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.
Elizabeth WarrenYou built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.
Elizabeth WarrenMy mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right.
Elizabeth WarrenBoth [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