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Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
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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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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 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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Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.
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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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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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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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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'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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I think the scientists have really caught the attention of the people of this country, and of course, they elected representatives by their very clear pronouncement that if we don't do something, we'll be in a lot of trouble.
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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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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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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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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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So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
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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 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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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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I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.
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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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