The American people as a whole are really pretty moderate. They’re not, as a whole, conservative or liberal. The right wing is marching the Republican Party off a cliff.
BARBARA BOXERI 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.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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When you have a president-elect who calls the press every name in the book, I think it’s a warning shot across the bow, and you go back to what you learn when you were a child.
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President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don’t have it. He didn’t specify how.
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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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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Since 1980, we’ve used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They’re in the Congressional Record
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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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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman’s right to choose, a good public education system.
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I am sure that every one of my colleagues “Democrat, Republican, and Independent” agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
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It’s good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.
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I’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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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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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources
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