Barbara Lee Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Barbara Lee
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“I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.”
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“Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem-economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women, children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe could lead to such an outcome.”
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“We ... need the president to live up to his promises and provide full funding to our global HIV/AIDS initiative if we are to tackle not only Vietnam but India, Russia and China. That means that we need nothing less than $3.6 billion this year.”
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“They did the right thing by every dying person who yearns for peace and comfort and dignity and choice at the end of life.”
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“It's a gated community, it's private property, it's private streets. The association just didn't want the media here.”
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“We are not the CIA, we are not the FBI, we are not the White House, we are not the Defense Department. We are the United States Congress; we have our role. And we can't give up that role during a national-security crisis.”
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“I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.”
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“This health crisis has repercussions that are reverberating far beyond the sick rooms and the hospitals where its victims lie dying. It threatens to destabilize entire societies.”
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“An abstinence-until-marriage program is not only irresponsible. It's really inhumane .”
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“This health crisis has repercussions that are reverberating far beyond the sick rooms and the hospitals where its victims lie dying, ... It threatens to destabilize entire societies.”
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