Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinsteinis the senior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 June 1933
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Dianne Feinstein quotes about
gun hunting law
We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.
weapons human-nature realizing
When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in ... that's just human nature.
believe keys vote
I'm one that believes that Samuel Alito appointment on the Supreme Court is a pivotal appointment. And because he replace Sandra Day O'Connor and because she was the fifth vote on 148 cases, you well could be a very key and decisive vote.
gun america second-amendment
If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it.
gun second-amendment needs
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.
determination husband gun
And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.
believe views issues
I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist court and its efforts to restrict congressional authority to enact legislation by adopting a very narrow view of several provisions of the Constitution, including the commerce clause and the 14th Amendment.This trend, I believe, if continued, would restrict and could even prevent the Congress from addressing major environmental and social issues of the future.
leadership people political
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.
girly silly passion
Let the record show that you can be a United States senator for 21 years. You can be 79 years old. You can be the chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the most recognizable and widely-respected veteran public servants in your nation. But if you are female while all of those things, men who you defeat in arguments will still respond to you by calling you hysterical and telling you to calm down. They'll patronize you and say they admire your passion, 'sweetie,' but they deal in facts, not your silly, girly feelings. It's inescapable. You can set your watch by it.
gun america fundamentals
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.
rights play roles
I'm concerned about the role the court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century.
gone wells
Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.
ocean numbers impact
Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things.
real distance iraq
While the distance between the United States and Iraq is great, Saddam Hussein's ability to use his chemical and biological weapons against us is not constrained by geography - it can be accomplished in a number of different ways - which is what makes this threat so real and persuasive.