Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.
BARBARA BOXERYou have to be an optimist to be in politics.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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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.
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I’m a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.
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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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I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
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I’m not leaving the fight just because I decided not to run. I’m going to expand my political action committee and volunteer for it. I’m going to do lots of other things where I will have a voice. So I’m not leaving the fight.
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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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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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In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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I’ve gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.
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The American people are beginning to see the Republicans’ willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It’s rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.
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I’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn’t that scary anymore.
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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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Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.
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In 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.
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