Barbara Lee Quotes (14 Quotes)

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

They did the right thing by every dying person who yearns for peace and comfort and dignity and choice at the end of life.

I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.

Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem-economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women, children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe could lead to such an outcome.

What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.

This health crisis has repercussions that are reverberating far beyond the sick rooms and the hospitals where its victims lie dying. It threatens to destabilize entire societies.

We are not the CIA, we are not the FBI, we are not the White House, we are not the Defense Department. We are the United States Congress we have our role. And we can't give up that role during a national-security crisis.

Oh, it was a disaster, ... It went down like a lead balloon. I don't know why. I had thought the women in the audience deserved a little bit of something else after watching all those beautiful women. But I think they were shocked. Although the guys did dance nicely.

I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.

We ... need the president to live up to his promises and provide full funding to our global HIVAIDS initiative if we are to tackle not only Vietnam but India, Russia and China. That means that we need nothing less than 3.6 billion this year.

Like the nation, I'm grieving and searching, in mourning, angry, trying to sort through all my feelings. I think everyone is doing that.

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.

It's a gated community, it's private property, it's private streets. The association just didn't want the media here.