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Carol Moseley Braun Inspirational Quotes (19)

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Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.
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I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.
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The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.
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We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.
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Im committed to universal health coverage and education.
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Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.
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Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.
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If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.
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And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.
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I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.
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I was very productive as a senator for my state.
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I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.
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Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.
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The Islamic community today is faced with a new version of an old struggle. My late mother used to say it doesn't matter whether you came to this country on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, through Ellis Island or the Rio Grande. We're all in the same boat now.
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If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.
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I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.
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The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
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I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.
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New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.
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