Mazie Hirono Quotes

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Mazie Hirono

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 3, 1947

We don't need another nuclear arms race to proceed a pace and then to encourage other countries to become very, to develop these kinds of capabilities also. This is not what we need.

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Opinion is not slander.

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In our country, racism is never far below the surface.

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I am fighting kidney cancer. And I'm just so grateful that I had health insurance so that I could concentrate on the care that I needed rather than how the heck I was going to afford the care that was going to probably save my life.

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I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is so much the experience of women of my generation. We always feel as though we have to bring so much more to the table, and that never stops the guys.

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I've been a fighter all my life. I just don't look like that.

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If I had to wait around for somebody to pick me for lieutenant governor, I never would have been picked.

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I was born at home in rural Japan.

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I lost a sister to pneumonia, when she was 2 years old. She died at home, not in a hospital, where maybe her life could have been saved.

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I know our country can remain forward-thinking by ensuring young women and minorities are given equal opportunity.

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Both political parties should be able to support the idea that taxpayers who are lawfully present, working, and paying taxes should be able to use the programs their tax dollars pay for - it is only fair.

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When we in Congress set the terms under which immigrants in this country must live, we wield a power that is checked primarily by our individual sense of fairness: the power to set taxes and make laws that apply to people who do not have representation.

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It's worth remembering that immigrants come to this country to work, they don't come to get handouts.

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My husband is half Korean.

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When I'm at home, I eat kimchi every single day.

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That is the great thing about Hawaii. We're so culturally diverse and we inner-marry and appreciate each other's cultures.

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Most of us look forward to the start of a new year as a clean slate. We reflect on the past 12 months, take stock of where we are, and make new resolutions about how to improve in the coming year.

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The passing of my friend and a great American hero, Dan Inouye, is a major loss for the country and Hawaii. But the people of Hawaii are strong and we will persevere.

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I will work hard to ensure Hawaii's strategic position in our national security remains strong.

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Our military's presence in Hawaii not only plays a critical role in our national security but also in driving our state's economy and supporting thousands of jobs in the public and private sectors.

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