Barbara Mikulski famous quotes

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Differences #Mind #Together

We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Dream #Badass #Issues

Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#College #Careers #Community

People aren't for hitting.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#People #Hitting #Violence

I'm shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Double Standard #Coming Out #Standards

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Family #Survival #Symbols

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Leadership #Differences #Creating

We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Years #People #Rich

Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Creating #Society #Democratic

College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Dream #College #Financial

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Responsibility #Government #Bankruptcy

Politics is social work with power.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Social Work #Philanthropy #Social

I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Usa #United States #Ambassadors

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#America #Melting #Pot

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Believe #Office #Voting

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families out of poverty
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Country #Jobs #Poverty

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Pay

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Firefighter #Training #Proud

In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Believe #Helping Others #Together

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Senior #Retirement #Political

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Senior #Retirement #Sick

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Safety #Important #Age

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Doctors #Able #Serious

We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all!
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Fighting #Squares #Equal Pay

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq
-- Barbara Mikulski

#War #Responsibility #Iraq

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Country #Hurt #Social

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Vote

I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubbles power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Fighting #Years #United States

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Senior #America #Safety

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Military #Rights #America

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
-- Barbara Mikulski

#Hard Work #Fighting #Squares