In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.
BARBARA MIKULSKI
What I like best in Baltimore is the people, the neighborhoods and what goes on in the neighborhoods. Each has its own stories, own diners and own quirks. It’s about community. I also like everything Old Bay.
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - [During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/during-the-passage-of-the-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he’s swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as ‘dancing with the stars.’ And we had this great rock ‘n’ roll fund raiser.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/senator-george-mitchell-is-a-man-of-many-talents-a-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - My own father had died of Alzheimer’s. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/my-own-father-had-died-of-alzheimers-george-mitche-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/there-were-times-though-when-the-women-came-togeth-683x1024.jpg)
