Nothing is alarmist with Donald Trump because you don’t really know what he’s going to do.
BARBARA BOXERMedical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
-
-
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
BARBARA BOXER -
You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
BARBARA BOXER -
So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
BARBARA BOXER -
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.
BARBARA BOXER -
I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.
BARBARA BOXER -
You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
BARBARA BOXER -
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
BARBARA BOXER -
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.
BARBARA BOXER -
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.
BARBARA BOXER -
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive.’ But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
BARBARA BOXER -
If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, “You can’t do this. Write an op-ed.”
BARBARA BOXER -
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.
BARBARA BOXER -
Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write.
BARBARA BOXER -
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.
BARBARA BOXER -
If you want to be a leader, it doesn’t mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.
BARBARA BOXER