You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
BARBARA BOXERThe point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we’ve always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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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’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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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’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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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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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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It’s good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.
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I’m a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.
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I’ve always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it’s not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me “learning disabled.” The things people write about me.
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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The American people as a whole are really pretty moderate. They’re not, as a whole, conservative or liberal. The right wing is marching the Republican Party off a cliff.
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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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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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I would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
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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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