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Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
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United States Senator
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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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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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Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman's health or her life, and if it does, you can't support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.
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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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I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.
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Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement
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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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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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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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Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record
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I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.
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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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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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I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources
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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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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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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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There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.
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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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