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Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, born on March 26, 1940.

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“If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.”

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“If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women.”

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“The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised.”

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“Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.”

“The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you're no going to reduce the deficit.”

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“Even if Osama bin Laden is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. To capture him now I don't think makes us any safer.”

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“Our view of the law is that it - if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation.”

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“If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know.”

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“If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know. You want to find out what they're doing, how they're doing it, and then you'll let them know you know.”

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“Take inventory of what you have to offer. Place a value on it. Respect it - because if you don't respect what you have to offer it's hard for other people to.”

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“If you're talking about competing with countries in the industrialized, developed world, they don't have healthcare costs. Their societies have that as a priority. Here in America, we won't have the same kind of healthcare availability because it's still a private sector initiative. But that's O.K. because it's facilitated to be made more affordable in a public way.”

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“I specially want to have young women not to wait as I did until my children were grown, but young women to come in to gain their seniority so they could be respected leaders at a much earlier age. It's important for all women to see young women who share their experience whether it's as a working mom with young children, who understands the struggle and the aspirations of young women in a similar situation. And if they don't have family and they're pursuing their career women should see that as well.”

“I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and say, "because of you my young daughter knows that she can do anything she sets out to do." And the way young girls are raised now, I don't think there's any doubt that they know they can do anything. And if what goes by the by is that they don't feel they have to be in solidarity with all other women, that's O.K. as long as they know that that strength has been there in the past and can be there in the future for them.”

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“Since I was in my 20s, I've been giving my face 30 hot splashes in the morning and at night, and I keep thinking, If it's 25, oh my gosh, I'm going to fall apart.”

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“I don't have a nightlife. People say, "You need these cocktail dresses for all the receptions" - except I don't go, because we have no idea if we are going to be in session. But my husband has encouraged me to, shall we say, keep up with fashion.”

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“Fashion and all that it implies - hair, makeup - is an art form. If you look organized and well presented, people think that you're organized in your mind and you take pride in yourself. And besides, it's fun. Isn't it fun?”

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“I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.”

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“America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.”

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“I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.”

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“If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.”

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“If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated”

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“Elect us, hold us accountable, and make a judgment and then go from there. But I do tell you that if the Democrats win, and have substantial majorities, the Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan.”

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“Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.”

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“But I would say, you know, if you're getting married - why are you getting married? Why would you get married? Why would anybody get married?”

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Born: March 26, 1940
Known for: Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Quotes: 207

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