The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
BARBARA BOXERThere has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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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.
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I would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
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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 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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[On going into politics:] My husband went to bed with Debbie Reynolds and he woke up with Eleanor Roosevelt.
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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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We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we’ve made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.
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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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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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Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.
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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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If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, “You can’t do this. Write an op-ed.”
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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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We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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