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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.

Barbara Boxer

It’s good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.
BARBARA BOXER

Born Brooklyn Care
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.
BARBARA BOXER

Environmental Fighting Justice
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
BARBARA BOXER

Home Life Privacy
I’ve always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it’s not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me “learning disabled.” The things people write about me.
BARBARA BOXER

Looks People Writing
I would not run for president. I really like what I’m doing now. People say I’m giving them energy and hope.
BARBARA BOXER

Giving People Running
If you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, it’s not going to sit well
BARBARA BOXER

Children Moving Protect
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.
BARBARA BOXER

Boys Men President
Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write.
BARBARA BOXER

Artist Golf 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.
BARBARA BOXER

Cities Government Messages
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.
BARBARA BOXER

Believe Military Respect
I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, ‘Please don’t write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it’s bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.’
BARBARA BOXER

Children Day Inspiring Mother
The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.
BARBARA BOXER

Critical Looks Time
I think America should amass a strategy for success, and set out the milestones. We need to help the Iraqis get their democracy up and running, we’ve got to help them train their military and police and security people, and we’ve got to start moving out.
BARBARA BOXER

Military Moving Running
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
BARBARA BOXER

Democracy Style United States
The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
BARBARA BOXER

Action Fact Louder Matter Speak Words
The day you realize you’re a grownup is the day you realize that you have to do something. When we’re kids, we don’t have to do anything. Then all of a sudden you realize, if I want this to be better, I’ve got to do something.
BARBARA BOXER

Kids Realizing Want

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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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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