Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferrarowas an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 1984, she was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1935
CityNewburgh, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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And you really do learn a lot about what's going on in different countries by visiting those countries and speaking to the public officials there.
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Do you know how many women were in the Senate in 1984? One. We've multiplied that number by 14.
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I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.
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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.
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And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
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Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.
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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.
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I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.
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We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.
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I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.
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If you don't run, you can't win.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.