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
BARBARA BOXERThe job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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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.
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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’ve faced the grief, I’ve faced the anger, and I’m ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.
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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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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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If something is opinion, put it in the opinion section: Don’t put it in the facts section.
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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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I would not run for president. I really like what I’m doing now. People say I’m giving them energy and hope.
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Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman’s health or her life, and if it does, you can’t support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.
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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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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 we have to stop using the expression “alt-right.” It’s ridiculous. It’s racist, fascist, nationalist.
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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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Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world – we need to make them accessible to every American.
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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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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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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman’s right to choose, a good public education system.
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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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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.
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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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I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.
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In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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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 think being prepared for anything is the way to go.
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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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