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Barbara Boxer

There’s a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.
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Attitude Differences Taken
I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
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How Know Long Seeds
Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement
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Commitment Country Destruction War
Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.
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Fighting Interesting Life Regard
Who knows when Donald Trump will have a press conference? Maybe he’s just going to stay in Trump Tower and issue tweets – you know, gold-plated tweets to the American people. It’s scary.
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Issues People Scary
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.’
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Children Day Inspiring Mother
I think we have to stop using the expression “alt-right.” It’s ridiculous. It’s racist, fascist, nationalist.
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Expression Racist Thinking
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
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Country Dignity Thinking
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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Bravery Country Fear War
What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), they’ll think they can do anything to the environment – anything at all. Drilling in Yosemite? In the Grand Canyon? What’s next?
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Environmental Oil Thinking
It is in Saudi Arabia’s best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
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Country Office Running Vote Women
I’m a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.
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Bigs Collaboration Teamwork
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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Democracy Fondest Help Hope World
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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Country Political Voting
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.
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Cities Government Messages
You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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Behaviour Optimist Politics
Perhaps, one of our greatest challenges as a nation, as a people, as human beings making sure that our grandkids can live on this Earth.
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Challenges Earth People
The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers
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Change Country White
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.
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Boys Men President
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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Bully Loses Raised
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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Domestic Mean Support Violence
The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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Essence Go Letting Mean
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.
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Environmental Fighting Justice
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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May People Political
The point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we’ve always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
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Abortion Safe Want
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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Citizens Effort People
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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Children Country Equality

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