The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.
Interpretation
This quote advocates for equality and the elimination of discrimination in military service.
Dianne Feinstein's quote emphasizes the importance of allowing all individuals, regardless of their identity, to serve their country. It asserts that every American should have the opportunity to contribute to national service, reflecting a commitment to equality and justice.
In practice
In a speech advocating for policy change regarding military service.
In the wake of 9/11, we were desperate to bring those responsible for the brutal attacks to justice. But even that urgency did not justify torture. The United States must be held to a higher standard than our enemies, yet some of our actions did not clear that bar.
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 sexually abused by a dating partner.
We were marooned in a frozen desert. There was not a sign of life on the horizon and a thousand signs of death... The marvel is we did not all die of cold.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest.
Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.
I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting.
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.
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