"Our democracy's history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate - people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list,"

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Source : "A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip". www.nytimes.com. April 18, 2013.

Gabrielle Giffords

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“We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.”
“Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond to the other.”
“I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.”

Source : "Chat: Cara Buono". Interview with Toby Tanser, www.runnersworld.com. November 1, 2006.
“I will just put four or five extra packs of cigarettes in my bag and I will be fine.”
“Heaven's slow but sure redress of human ills.”
“Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.”
“My painting carries with it the message of pain.”
“When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.”

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