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• It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Funny Inspirational, Memorable, Long Ago

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.191, Northwestern University Press

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• The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Country, Hard Work, Blessing

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Feisty, Tough, Sense Of Humor

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• Well of course Bush got Kentucky, because it's a Republican city.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Kentucky, Cities, Republican

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• We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Religious, Government, Differences

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.211, Northwestern University Press

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• Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available!

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Country, Moving, Office

  "The Top 5 Dos and Don'ts of the Week: Including the Best Video... and the Worst Man" by Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. April 1, 2011.

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• I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Cutting, Opportunity, Research

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• If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Causes, Ask Me, Knows

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• The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Married, Jack The Ripper, Knows

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• Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Leader, Self Control, Morality

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.285, Northwestern University Press

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• I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Should Have, Political, Answers

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• President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  President, One Liner, President Reagan

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• You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Italian, Men, People

  "Ferraro To Disclose Her Tax Forms, But Husband's Will Remain Private" by Jane Perlez, www.nytimes.com. August 13, 1984.

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• I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Cancer, Lucky, Persons

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• But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Mistake, Goes On, Made

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• I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Foreign Policy, Committees, Policy

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• I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Survivor, Gone, Terrible

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• I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Practice, Ahead Of Time

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• I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Men, President, Vices

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• People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  People, Survivor, Sept 11

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• You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Female, Tough, Congress

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.43, Northwestern University Press

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• Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Cancer, Cells, Healthy

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• We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  War, President, Plans

  "More Americans: Iraq Worth Going to War". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. December 12, 2003.

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• Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Daughter, Running, Father

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• When a guy gets elected to the Senate or the governor's mansion, he wakes up the next morning and says to himself, 'You're presidential material,'

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Morning, Guy, Presidential

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