Quotes by Dianne Feinstein

“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”

“Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return. It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States.”

“Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.”

“Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.”

“Toughness doesnt have to come in a pinstripe suit.”

“No Child Left Behind requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.”

“Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.”

“The key to sustained growth and rising standards of living will be the ability of developing countries to create vital export industries to compete in a free and open global marketplace. We should help these countries help themselves by opening the U.S. market to their exports.”

“Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nations position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.”

“It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.”

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged.

We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use. You can see drones some day hovering over the homes of Hollywood luminaries, violating privacy. This question has to be addressed. And we need rules of operation on the border, by police, by commercial use, and also by military and intelligence use.

No Child Left Behind requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

The criteria for serving ones country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the worlds nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nations position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less.