Christine Todd Whitman Quotes

• Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Fall, Thinking, Differences

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• Given the scope of the tragedy from last week, I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C. that their air is safe to breath and their water is safe to drink.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  New York, Air, Water

  "Whitman Details Ongoing Agency Efforts To Monitor Disaster Sites, Contribute To Cleanup Efforts". yosemite.epa.gov. September 18, 2001.

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• Americans are finally realizing that once you lose land, you can't get it back.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Land, Realizing, Finally Realizing

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• One of the strengths of this country has been our diversity. One of the strengths of this country has been the fact that we are a nation of immigrants.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Country, Diversity, Immigration

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• We are very encouraged that the results from our monitoring of air quality and drinking water conditions in both New York and near the Pentagon show that the public in these areas is not being exposed to excessive levels of asbestos or other harmful substances. I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C. that their air is safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  New York, Drinking, Air

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• I am struck by how many leading women... today started as Girl Scouts. It is an organization that obviously develops strong women leaders.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Girl, Strong Women, Organization

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• As I look back I know that most of the mistakes I have made have come when I didn't listen to myself, when I didn't trust my instincts... I believe you need to listen, carefully, to hear your inner voice. And then, you have to do what it says.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Mistake, Believe, Voice

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• The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Change, Research And Development, Climate

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• It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Team, President, Vices

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• To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress, the United States Senate voted it down 95 to nothing.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Taken, Kyoto Protocol, Ideas

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