"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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Source : "Alone on the Hill". Interview With Bill Hogan, www.motherjones.com. September 20, 2001.

Barbara Lee

#Giving Up Quotes #War Quotes #Erosion Quotes

“You've got to dig in [and learn about things you don't know] if you want to stay in the conversation.”

Source : Source: www.bostonglobe.com
“When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?”
“I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.”

Source : "Institutes of Oratory (Volume II)". Book by Quintilian, 95 CE.
“I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.”
“Probably some of the best things that have ever happened to you in life, happened because you said yes to something. Otherwise things just sort of stay the same.”

Source : Source: scholar.lib.vt.edu
“With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of your weight. It takes an enormous amount of strength, and you're in such a weird position.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.15, iUniverse
“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

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