Martha McSally Quotes

• It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.

  Martha McSally

  Hate, Common, Disagree

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick
  the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a
  woman.

  Martha McSally

  Jobs, Fighting, Men

  "Retired US officers react to Pentagon lifting the ban on women in combat". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2013.

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• Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

  Martha McSally

  Hawaii, Pilots, Fighter

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• When you value people, you give them freedom.

  Martha McSally

  People, Giving, Values

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• Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

  Martha McSally

  Ideas, Economic, Taxes

  Martha McSally during the Congressional District 2 Forum at the University of Arizona, www.azpm.org. October 25, 2012.

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• I grew up in a family where I was told there were no limitations on me as a girl and I could be anything I wanted to be. It wasn't until I joined the military that I realized that just because I was a woman - just because I had ovaries - I couldn't become a fighter pilot.These structural limitations were the motivation for me becoming a fighter pilot in the first place.

  Martha McSally

  Girl, Motivation, Military

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• It's important in our role as leaders that we use the platform to address issues, to address barriers, to identify best practices for overcoming these challenges with businesses small and large. Maybe there are some public policy issues that we need to address. Maybe some of them are at the federal level and some are at the state or local level.

  Martha McSally

  Leader, Challenges, Important

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• We have women entering lower-paying career fields. Women are still, culturally, the primary caregivers for children, even though we would love to have fathers and mothers share responsibility.

  Martha McSally

  Mother, Children, Father

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.

  Martha McSally

  Pilots, Firsts, Fighter

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• I am grateful for the support of those who want to see more women in Congress to better represent our country and provide leadership and solutions to DC. Ron Barber has been asleep at the switch on issues that are extremely important to Southern Arizona, such as fighting for the A-10 and Davis-Monthan. That is why Nancy Pelosi is stepping in to try to save his job in November. Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman that is why I fully intend on replacing Congressman Barber on Election Day.

  Martha McSally

  Country, Jobs, Grateful

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• My colleagues and I fought to increase the resources to address several things, like maternity, prenatal, and newborn care, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. These are things everybody should care about, and resources should be available for families.

  Martha McSally

  Abuse, Care, Newborn

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

  Martha McSally

  Thinking, Longing, Relationship With God

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• I served my country in uniform for 26 years.

  Martha McSally

  Country, Years, Uniforms

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