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 More Quotes by Carol Moseley Braun More Quotes From Carol Moseley Braun New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party. Carol Moseley Braun ambassadorspartytwo 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. Carol Moseley Braun retirementinspirationalchildren We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize. Carol Moseley Braun presidentwarbelieve The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. Carol Moseley Braun ohiovotingpeople We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs. Carol Moseley Braun communitydevelopmentjobs We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment. Carol Moseley Braun environmentfailingchildren 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. Carol Moseley Braun responsibilityorderthinking People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience. Carol Moseley Braun common-sensegovernmentpeople I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process. Carol Moseley Braun protectionprocessthinking To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and you don't arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them. Carol Moseley Braun phonesmeanyears 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. Carol Moseley Braun billswantpeople The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. Carol Moseley Braun minoritiescampaignsoffice I want to rebuild America. Carol Moseley Braun wantamerica There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level. Carol Moseley Braun spiritualnumberscountry I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people. Carol Moseley Braun believeamericapeople Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote. Carol Moseley Braun illinoispopulationblack If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore. Carol Moseley Braun baghdadillinoisiraq Im committed to universal health coverage and education. Carol Moseley Braun universal-educationcoveragecommitted I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun senatorsproductivestates Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. Carol Moseley Braun cuttinggivingpeople
