A biography for Carol Moseley Braunhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.”
“I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.”
“So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if we want to have government that is truly a representative Democracy, then we need to clearly address how we get our campaign laws out of the way of Democracy.”
“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.”
“The notion that we won the war against Iraq is like saying we won a war against Arizona. I mean, the fact of the matter is it's not that big of a country. Nobody, I don't think, had any notion that we would do anything but win it.”
“I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.”
“Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.”
“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.”
“It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.”
“I was very productive as a senator for my state.”
“I want people who believe in my message and where I am on issues to support me.”
“I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.”
“I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.”
“I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.”