Top 87 Quotes & Sayings by Kevin de Leon - Page 2

I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California.

We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary.

We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.'

From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals.

I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home.

While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.

I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake.

I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy.

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.'

What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America.

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.

I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job.

My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.'

The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around.

My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America.

I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America.

In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we're proud of who we are; we're proud of where our families come from.

Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection.

I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor.

As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president.

I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot give the federal government extraordinary powers to eavesdrop without a warrant. It's simply un-American.

I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California.

I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president.

I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico.

Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going.

I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants.