We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world – we need to make them accessible to every American.
BARBARA BOXERIn the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman’s right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
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I’ve been there for so many crossroads in American history. My whole political life spans the birth of the environmental movement, the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, putting an end to unjust wars, and so and so.
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I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
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The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
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We are all different. Yet we are all God’s children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.
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What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), they’ll think they can do anything to the environment – anything at all. Drilling in Yosemite? In the Grand Canyon? What’s next?
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If I can make a generalization, men get into politics because, from the time they’re little boys, they’ve been wanting to be President.
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Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.
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In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight – the fight for electoral justice.
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We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we’ve made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.
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I would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
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I’ve always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that’s what we’re supposed to be about in America. Freedom of speech.
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