Gabrielle Giffords Quotes

• I am still fighting to make the world a better place and you can, too.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Fighting, World, Stills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My resolution, standing with the vast majority of Americans who know we can and must be safer, is to cede no ground to those who would convince us the path is too steep, or we too weak.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Convince Us, Majority, Path

  "CNN Newsroom" with Carol Costello, www.cnn.com. January 8, 2014.

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• Your future shines bright - find your purpose and go for it. Starting tomorrow, you can change the world.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Shine Bright, Shining, World

  "Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Bard College". abcnews.go.com. June 1, 2013.

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• We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred and intolerance are allowed to take root. And we know that education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance and despair.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Children, Ignorance, Men

  "Giffords Tragedy: What’s the Message to Young Women Considering Public Service?" by Gloria Feldt, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.

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• Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Graduation, Courageous, Be Courageous

  "Giffords Urges Graduates at Bard to ‘Be Courageous’" by Vivian Yee, autoglassweek.com. May 25, 2013.

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• But the safety of the world, in some sense, depends on your saying no to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you no friends. It is costly. Yet defiance of the mob, in the service of that which is right, is one of the highest expressions of courage I know.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Integrity, Expression, Ideas

  Commencement address at Scripps College, Claremont, California, 2009.

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• Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Yards, Trials, Inches

  Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly (2011). “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• Moments ago, the U.S. Senate decided to do the unthinkable about gun violence - nothing at all. Over two years ago, when I was shot point-blank in the head, the U.S. Senate chose to do nothing. Four months ago, 20 first-graders lost their lives in a brutal attack on their school, and the U.S. Senate chose to do nothing. It's clear to me that if members of the U.S. Senate refuse to change the laws to reduce gun violence, then we need to change the members of the U.S. Senate.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  School, Gun, Two

  "Obama: 'shameful' Senate killed off gun control amendment" by Jim Newell, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2013.

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• Our democracy's history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate - people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Powerful, Names, Numbers

  "A Senate in the Gun Lobby's Grip". www.nytimes.com. April 18, 2013.

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• Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Country, Strong, Mean

  "Giffords Wins Re-election to U.S. House; Kelly Says Voters Have Spoken". Sierra Vista Herald, November 06, 2010.

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• Hope and faith. You have to have hope and faith... Long ways to go. Grateful to survive. I's frustrating. Mentally hard. Hard work. I'm trying. Trying so hard to get better. Regain what I've lost... I will get stronger. I will return.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Grateful, Hard Work, Long

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• Hope and faith. You have to have hope and faith.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Hope And Faith, Having Hope

  "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope". Book by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, November 15, 2011.

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• I will get stronger. I will return.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Stronger, Return

  Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly (2012). “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope”, p.321, Simon and Schuster

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• We're in Sarah Palin's 'targeted' list, but the thing is that the way she has it depicted, we're in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize that there are consequences to that action.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Gun, Sight, People

  "US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot as Six Die in Arizona Massacre" by Ben Quinn and Paul Gallagher, www.theguardian.com. January 09, 2011.

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• My position is to listen to my constituents, learn from the best information available and ultimately make sound, rational decisions that are going to be beneficial to the people of the 8th Congressional District.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  People, Decision, Sound

  "Giffords: Too Soon to Settle on a Plan for Health Care". The Arizona Daily Star, August 11, 2009.

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• Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just the calls but the e-mails, the slurs.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Party, Office, Tea

  "'Politics in Arizona Have Become Fueled by Hate…Driven by Anger': Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Shooting of Giffords". "Daily Show", www.democracynow.org. January 10, 2011.

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• It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I got to see firsthand the sacrifices that Israelis make in the name of security because of the dangerous state of affairs there. I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Strong, Memorable, Sacrifice

  "Jewish US Lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Prognosis Optimistic". www.israelnationalnews.com. January 08, 2011.

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• The Capitol looks beautiful and I am honored to be at work tonight.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Beautiful, Political, Looks

  Twitter post from Aug 01, 2011

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