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.
BARBARA BOXERI don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn’t that scary anymore.
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The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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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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I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.
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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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Nothing is alarmist with Donald Trump because you don’t really know what he’s going to do.
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You stand up to bullies. Don’t shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.
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Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman’s health or her life, and if it does, you can’t support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.
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There are many faces to war. There is the face of courage, of bravery, of fellowship.There is the face of fear. Above all, there is love of country.
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I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won’t be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we’re not acting on information.
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I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.
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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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It’s good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.
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