We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them. Barbara Boxer
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More Quotes By Barbara Boxer
  1. We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.

  2. I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

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  4. We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

  5. Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

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