When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out. - Tammy Baldwin - Quotesmemo.com

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Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

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Tammy Baldwin

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

People, Firsts, Congress, Ran, 1998, Counted

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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.

Life, Naysayers, Progressive, Winning

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.

Numbers, Oppressed, Things, Thinking, Two

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.

Believe, Fight, Powerful, Running, Special

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.

Growing, Hearing, Listening, Madison, People

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.

Democracy, Enemies, Enemy, Greater, Liberty, Sacrificed

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Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

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Death. The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive.

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David Nicholls

All his words and actions would now be fit for his daughter’s ears and eyes. Life would be lived as if under [her] constant scrutiny. He would never do anything that might cause her pain or anxiety or embarrassment and there would be nothing, absolutely nothing in his life to be ashamed of anymore.

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I didn’t feel that there was much goodness in me.

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Benjamin Hoff

Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own species - and others - alive for very much longer. So the earth has begun its own plan to set things right.

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