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United States Senator

Barbara Boxer was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California. Born on November 11, 1940, she was known for her strong stance on environmental issues and as a champion for women's rights during her political career.

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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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“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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“I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.”

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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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“[On going into politics:] My husband went to bed with Debbie Reynolds and he woke up with Eleanor Roosevelt.”

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“We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth”

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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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“Our message will be that we're going to make federal government buildings a model - an energy-efficient model - and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.”

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“I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.”

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“I'm hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.”

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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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“With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.”

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“Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.”

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“There are many faces to war. There is the face of courage, of bravery, of fellowship.There is the face of fear. Above all, there is love of country.”

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“I take great solace in the fact that Donald Trump lost the popular vote. Hillary Clinton got over 2.5 million more votes than Donald Trump got. So I can't say in any way that the people think that harassing women is appropriate. So I don't think we should read into his victory the fact that, you know, women's rights are going to be diminished.”

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“I don't know how long I'm going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.”

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“I can't predict if I will see a woman president, but I think I may well because, again, Hillary Clinton got more votes probably than any other Democratic candidate ever, except for Obama. But she got more votes than Trump and she got more votes than Richard Nixon got when he won the election, more votes than John Kennedy got when he won.”

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“I am saying there are women in the Senate, there are women in governorships, there are women in statewide office, there are women in the House, and I do think we can't ignore the fact that we have had the first woman ever win a nomination of a major party and the first woman ever winning the popular vote. So I think the table is set for a woman in the near future. I really do.”

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“My understanding of the Electoral College is that they have the right to vote for who they want. So they should vote their conscience, and if their conscience leads them that way, they should follow their conscience.”

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“I've been there for so many crossroads in American history. My whole political life spans the birth of the environmental movement, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, putting an end to unjust wars, and so and so.”

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“Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.”

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“I'm not leaving the fight just because I decided not to run. I'm going to expand my political action committee and volunteer for it. I'm going to do lots of other things where I will have a voice. So I'm not leaving the fight.”

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“We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we've made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.”

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“If something is opinion, put it in the opinion section: Don't put it in the facts section.”

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“If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed."”

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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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“There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.”

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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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“I believe in truth-telling. So let's call it what it is. It's very troubling to see people like Bannon who make anti-Semitic remarks, who has a very checkered past be sitting next to the president of the United States. It puts an absolute responsibility on all of us to call it the way we see it and not use expressions like "alt-right."”

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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 am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.”

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“Even though the press at times made me completely crazy as they followed me around the hall, and asked tough questions over and over again - now believe me, every politician feels this way - it is a necessary part of our life, and we must have a press that isn't cowed and won't be afraid of ratings if they get put to the back of the room at a press conference.”

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“The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.”

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“When you have a president-elect who calls the press every name in the book, I think it's a warning shot across the bow, and you go back to what you learn when you were a child.”

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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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“Nothing is alarmist with Donald Trump because you don't really know what he's going to do.”

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“I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.”

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“Who knows when Donald Trump will have a press conference? Maybe he's just going to stay in Trump Tower and issue tweets - you know, gold-plated tweets to the American people. It's scary.”

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“Unfortunately, Trump has showed hateful inclinations toward many, many groups. Many groups. The most obvious: undocumented immigrants and Muslims. His comments that I've seen that he's made about Jewish people, about black people - they're all very troubling to me - even though he sort of said, "Oh, I distance myself from hate and don't do any of this hating stuff."”

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“The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.”

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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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“It's very important to face the grief, face the anger, and then get into a place where you are ready to fight because if you go back to the history of the United States of America, our Founders said we're giving you a Republic if you can keep it, and they also said we have a Constitution and we're going to form a more perfect union.”

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“The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.”

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“You take what you've learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.”

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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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“The American people are beginning to see the Republicans' willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It's rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.”

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“The American people as a whole are really pretty moderate. They're not, as a whole, conservative or liberal. The right wing is marching the Republican Party off a cliff.”

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“The Democratic Party has awakened. We've not been awake since 9/11, in many ways. We had moments, sporadically, where we woke up. But I think we were so hit by 9/11, as the whole country was, that we didn't get our legs back. It took a while. Now the Democratic Party is back. I've never seen it as united. Sure, we have a ways to go. We have a lot of ground to cover.”

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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 must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don't lose that.”

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Born: November 11, 1940
Known for: United States Senator
Quotes: 104

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