Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I’m going to fight for you. I’m going to fight for what’s right. I’m going to fight to hold people accountable
BARBARA BOXERI must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources
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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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Could you say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am? It’s just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I’d appreciate it
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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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You stand up to bullies. Don’t shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.
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The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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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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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.
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I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one’s retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
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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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You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
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The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.
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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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I think we have to stop using the expression “alt-right.” It’s ridiculous. It’s racist, fascist, nationalist.
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I’m a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.
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