Tammy Baldwin Quotes

• There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it's simply the way things are.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Gay

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• Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now OK to express ourselves publicly. We must make that day ourselves, by speaking out publicly -- first in small numbers, then in greater numbers, until it's simply the way things are and no one thinks twice. Never doubt that we will create this world, because, my friends, we are fortunate to live in a democracy, and in a democracy, we decide what's possible.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Thinking, Small Numbers, Two

  "Tammy Baldwin, Our Voice of the Future" by Kristen Hotham Carroll, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Winning, Naysayers, Progressive

  "Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run In Wisconsin" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Running, Powerful, Believe

  "Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run In Wisconsin" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Retirement, Saving, Enough

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• I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Integrity, Thinking, Important

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• Our president has made historic progress toward equality. He repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” so that no American ever again has to lie about who they are in order to serve the country we love. Republicans want to write discrimination into our Constitution. But the Wisconsin I know believes that with each passing year and each generation, our country must become more equal, not less.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Country, Lying, Believe

  "Tammy Baldwin Speech Targets Tommy Thompson, Scott Walker". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

  Tammy Baldwin

  People, Looks, Way

  "Openly-Gay Congresswoman Proposes New Marriage Act". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 18, 2011.

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• In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Independent, Grandfather, Peers

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• I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?

  Tammy Baldwin

  Ideas, People, Mind

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• Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Enemy, Democracy, Liberty

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• Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

  Tammy Baldwin

  People, Listening, Growing

  "Tammy Baldwin launches" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. September 06, 2011.

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• From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Orientation

  "Tammy Baldwin Enters Senate Race in Wisconsin" by Caitlin Huey-Burns, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 6, 2011.

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• I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Childhood, Three, Months

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• I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Religious, Medicine, Political

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• When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

  Tammy Baldwin

  People, Firsts, Congress

  "Democratic U.S. Rep. Baldwin Joins Wisconsin Senate Race". www.foxnews.com. September 06, 2011.

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• The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Country, Outcomes, Mortality

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