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Geraldine Ferraro

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Geraldine Ferraro
Age: 75 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 26
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Attorney
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Diplomat
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
Newburgh
New York
Geraldine Anne Ferraro
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Vice president—it has such a nice ring to it.
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I do believe in the power of prayer.
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And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
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Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.
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When a guy gets elected to the Senate or the governor's mansion, he wakes up the next morning and says to himself, 'You're presidential material,'
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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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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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Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.
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I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.
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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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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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If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.
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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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The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.
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Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.
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I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.
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If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.
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I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
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I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.
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Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.
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