[On going into politics:] My husband went to bed with Debbie Reynolds and he woke up with Eleanor Roosevelt.
BARBARA BOXERI’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
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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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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.
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Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate… We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman’s right to choose
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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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Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
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If you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, it’s not going to sit well
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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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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.
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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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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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I’m a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.
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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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When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, ‘Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?’ They want that.
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It’s good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.
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