Dianne Feinstein Quotes

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• If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Gun, America, Second Amendment

  "60 Minutes" Interview, www.youtube.com. February 05, 1995.

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• Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Gun, America, Fundamentals

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• The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Gun, Second Amendment, Citizens

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• We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Funny, Humorous, Gun

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• I think that some restriction on speech is appropriate.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Thinking, Speech, Politics

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• And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Determination, Husband, Gun

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• Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Sacrifice, Rights, Atheism

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• If I could have banned them all...I would have!

  Dianne Feinstein

  Gun, Banned, If I Could

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• Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You can be the chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the most recognizable and widely-respected veteran public servants in your nation. But if you are female while all of those things, men who you defeat in arguments will still respond to you by calling you hysterical and telling you to calm down. They'll patronize you and say they admire your passion, 'sweetie,' but they deal in facts, not your silly, girly feelings. It's inescapable. You can set your watch by it.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Girly, Silly, Passion

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• It's a myth that the border can't be enforced. It can be enforced.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Immigration, Borders, Myth

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• 'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Children, School, Accountability

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  Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

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  Leadership, People, Political

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• Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Inspirational, Witty, Women

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• Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Law, Assault Weapons, Cities

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• Women are beginning to feel that they are not fairly represented. As we say, 2% may be fine for fat in milk, but not for the United States Senate.

  Dianne Feinstein

  United States, May, Milk

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• There is no more direct or honest person than Jim Clapper.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Nsa, Honest, Persons

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. June 9, 2013.

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• A woman does not have to make decisions based on the need to survive. She can cut through issues, call shots as she sees them....Many bad decisions are made by men in government because it is good for them personally to make bad public decisions.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Cutting, Men, Issues

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  I've passed on a number of bills. I've studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated...

  Dianne Feinstein

  Numbers, Bills, Constitution

  "Fireworks: Ted Cruz vs. Dianne Feinstein On Gun Rights". www.realclearpolitics.com. March 14, 2013.

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• Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Ocean, Impact, Numbers

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• We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Justice, Political, Independence

  "Hearing For Deputy Attorney General Nominee Focuses On Sessions, Russia". "All Things Considered" with Carrie Johnson, kbbi.org. March 7, 2017.

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• Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion.

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  Real, Thinking, Keys

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• Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Gone, Wells

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• Survival is nothing more than recovery.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Recovery, Survival

  "Pulse victim: How I learned the meaning of survival" By Brandon J. Wolf, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2017.

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• I think the greatest threat to the privacy of Americans is the drone, and the use of the drone and the very few regulations that are on it today.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Thinking, Drones, Use

  "Director Mueller Told Senate Panel FBI Uses Drones". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. June 20, 2013.

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• I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist court and its efforts to restrict congressional authority to enact legislation by adopting a very narrow view of several provisions of the Constitution, including the commerce clause and the 14th Amendment. This trend, I believe, if continued, would restrict and could even prevent the Congress from addressing major environmental and social issues of the future.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Believe, Issues, Views

  Dianne Feinstein's opening statement at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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