Barbara Boxer Quotes

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.

I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.

Too many people - some of them judges - seem to think that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for what you have said. If you believe that, try insulting your boss when you go to work tomorrow. Better yet, try insulting your spouse before going to bed tonight.

There is a no-man's land in our politics: on the one hand, bounded by what we know to be true, and on the other hand, bounded by what the media says is politically correct. And that's where Donald Trump lives. And it's our failure to admit what we all know to be true in the guise of political correctness that fuels the Trump candidacy.

I stand behind all my tweets. If I tweeted it and I said it, I am not apologizing for it.

I really understand that we have to be sensitive to people's feelings and to their sensitivities, but you also can't be muzzled to tell a story.

People hide behind fake names to tweet negative comments, and I hate that. If you have something to say, own up to it.

My role is not to cover up for the crimes of others.

My parents taught me the importance of telling the truth no matter what.

I'm responsible for what I say, and that is the identity for Prakash Raj.

I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth.

I suppose you have to be careful what you sing, because you might have to do it.

The alt-right for me is primarily a cultural reaction to the nannying and language policing and authoritarianism of the progressive left - the stranglehold that it has on culture.

I will say this about the truth - that it's one of those crisis rules, whether you are a client or someone who's living their life just every day - is that the truth has a funny way of not going away, and telling the truth is extremely important in dealing with any problem or crisis.

I think it's absolutely undeniable that nobody really advocates for complete total speech without any consequence or absolute freedom of expression. There's a line that most of us agree on somewhere.

You can still say whatever you want to say on social media, but you have to be willing to stand by your words.

I know some people would be like, 'Why are you responding to these racists on Twitter?' Sometimes it's for the purpose of letting them know they're being watched and that they're going to have to answer for their words.

Just because you have a mouth and nobody is stopping you, you can't say whatever you want.

I'm not a reporter, so I get to say whatever - and then I'll get called into the office.

Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.

It's kinda ridiculous what you can't say nowadays. You really can't say anything you believe! I think it's fricking ridiculous how sensitive everyone is to everything, how much things are frowned upon. How much stuff will cost you nowadays. I think it's fricking ridiculous that we can't - there's certain topics that you can't really say how you feel about.

Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say.

No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell only so much as we imagine our contemporaries will be able to bear.

I believe the reason why he media so hates me and the reason why they make a big deal of it. This is because I'm one of the few Americans, political Americans who think that we shouldn't be led by the nose by Israel.