One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that’s how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate’s history.
BARBARA MIKULSKIPeople had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that’s a hallmark of a very good leader.
More Barbara Mikulski Quotes
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families
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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.
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I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I’ll be voting for a woman for president.
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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
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I think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.
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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.
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We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
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I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.
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I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubbles power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe.
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[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.
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