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President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.

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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
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I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.'
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You stand up to bullies. Don't shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.
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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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If I can make a generalization, men get into politics because, from the time they're little boys, they've been wanting to be President.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
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The point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we've always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
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I am sure that every one of my colleagues Democrat, Republican, and Independent agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.
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If it's racist, it's racist. If it's anti-Semitic, it's anti-Semitic. If it's anti-women, it's anti-women. If it's anti-immigrant, it's anti-immigrant, and we need to really strengthen our language, so that it is clear and not mushy.
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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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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources
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The day you realize you're a grownup is the day you realize that you have to do something. When we're kids, we don't have to do anything. Then all of a sudden you realize, if I want this to be better, I've got to do something.
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If you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say 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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Perhaps, one of our greatest challenges as a nation, as a people, as human beings making sure that our grandkids can live on this Earth.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.
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