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The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

Barbara Boxer

We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
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Democracy Style United States
Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement
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Commitment Country Destruction War
[On going into politics:] My husband went to bed with Debbie Reynolds and he woke up with Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Bed Husband Politician
The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.
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Domestic Mean Support Violence
Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.
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Fighting Interesting Life Regard
The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
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Action Fact Louder Matter Speak Words
If something is opinion, put it in the opinion section: Don’t put it in the facts section.
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Fact Facts Opinion Section
I’ve faced the grief, I’ve faced the anger, and I’m ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.
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Country Fighting Grief
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world – we need to make them accessible to every American.
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Doctors Needs Technology
If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, “You can’t do this. Write an op-ed.”
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Editors Pieces Writing
Our message will be that we’re going to make federal government buildings a model – an energy-efficient model – and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.
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Cities Government Messages
Law enforcement officers are never ‘off duty.’ They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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Law Police Safety
I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one’s retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
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Pieces Retirement Thinking
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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Home Life Privacy
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Believe Military Respect
In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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Country Democracy Threatened

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers

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