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I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
Geraldine Ferraro
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Geraldine Ferraro
Age: 75 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 26
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
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Newburgh
New York
Geraldine Anne Ferraro
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politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.
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Every time a woman runs, women win.
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The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.
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Modern life is confusing no Ms take about it.
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We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.
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By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.
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If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.
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The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.
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Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.
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People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.
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Some leaders are born women.
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Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available!
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I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.
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I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
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Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.
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It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.
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The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.
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I do believe in the power of prayer.
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