Carol Moseley Braun Quotes

• And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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• All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I’d like them to say, Carol’s basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol’s kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

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  Tags in Kind, People

• I really think that’s the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Spiritual, Better

• Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

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  Tags in Giving, Working

• I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in American, Believe

• I think Americans want to believe in this country again.
  

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Believe, American

• I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don’t have to pay our bills.

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  Tags in Order, Responsibility

• I think if we are actually going to accept our generation’s responsibility, that’s going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.

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  Tags in Parents, Responsibility

• I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

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  Tags in Women, Rights

• I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.

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  Tags in Hope, American

• I want people who believe in my message and where I am on issues to support me.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Believe, Issues

• I want to rebuild America.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Topics in America

  Tags in Rebuild, Self

• I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Person, Colleagues

• New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers – one from either party.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Women, New

• I’d come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.

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  Tags in Found, Real

• I was very productive as a senator for my state.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Productive, State

• If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Rebuild, Iraq

• I’m a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Person, Shows

• I’m committed to universal health coverage and education.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Topics in Education, Health

  Tags in Universal

• I’m used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

  Carol Moseley Braun

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  Tags in Believe, President

Carol Moseley Braun (35)

Birth:	16th August, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Diplomat, Lawyer, Politician

About

Carol Moseley Braun was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is an American politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first female African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party. From 1999 until 2001, she was the United States Ambassador to New Zealand. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. She majored in political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972. Her work in housing, health policy, and environmental law won her the Attorney General's Special Achievement Award.

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