Dianne Feinstein Quotes

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Dianne Feinstein

Profession : Politician

Birth : June 22, 1933

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

Dianne Feinstein

Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.

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For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities.

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

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Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

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

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

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We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use. You can see drones some day hovering over the homes of Hollywood luminaries, violating privacy. This question has to be addressed. And we need rules of operation on the border, by police, by commercial use, and also by military and intelligence use.

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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.

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Our system of checks and balances requires policymakers to have accurate information about government actions.

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Supreme Court justices should not be an extension of the Republican Party.

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Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it.

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Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.

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America is big enough to admit when it's wrong and confident enough to learn from its mistakes.

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We cannot expect to keep our nation's secrets secure - or provide meaningful oversight for our intelligence agencies - if proper classification of our country's secrets is as likely as a coin flip.

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Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged.

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In the wake of 9/11, we were desperate to bring those responsible for the brutal attacks to justice. But even that urgency did not justify torture. The United States must be held to a higher standard than our enemies, yet some of our actions did not clear that bar.

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I am religious in my thinking.

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It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.

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Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

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