Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

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• If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Giving Up, Women, Believe

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• By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Running, Powerful, Doors

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• Some leaders are born women.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Leadership, Leader, Political

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• We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Women, Empowering, Feminist

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.268, Northwestern University Press

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• Every time a woman runs, women win.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Running, Winning

  "The Palin Network" by Robert Draper, www.nytimes.com. November 17, 2010.

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• the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Teacher, Religious, Party

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• If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  4th Of July, America, Usa Patriotism

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• A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Wise, Party, Men

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Helping Others, People, Colleagues

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.5, Northwestern University Press

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• I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Dream, Land, America

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Baby, Home, School

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Religious, Political, Atheism

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.211, Northwestern University Press

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• politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Games, Getting High, Tactics

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.33, Northwestern University Press

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• If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Men, White Man, Position

  "Ferraro's Obama Remarks Become Talk of Campaign" by Katharine Q. Seelye and Julie Bosman, www.nytimes.com. March 12, 2008.

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• Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Fighting, America, Rights

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• I think Obama was terribly sexist.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Thinking, Sexist

  "Gender Issue Lives On as Clinton's Bid Wane" by Jodi Kantor, www.nytimes.com. May 19, 2008.

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• It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Country, Racist, Sexist

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• I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Presidential, Vices, Firsts

  "Vice-Presidential Candidate Looks Back With Justifiable Pride", www.nytimes.com. July 12, 1988.

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• You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Peace, War, Women

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• The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Country, Hard Work, Blessing

  Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

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• If you don't run, you can't win.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Running, Winning, Chariots Of Fire

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• I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Doctors, Names, Giving

  "Ferraro Recounts Second Thoughts On Her Nomination, Citing Scrutiny" by Jane Perlez, www.nytimes.com. August 25, 1984.

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• If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Country, Men, White Man

  "Geraldine Ferraro Reacts to Liberal Radio Host's Foul Comments". "America's Election HQ", www.foxnews.com. April 3, 2008.

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• You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Walks

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• And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Military, Cutting, Grandmother

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