All Joan Blades Quotes
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
Joan Blades
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The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is. mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
Joan Blades
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We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.
Joan Blades
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I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.
Joan Blades
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I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.
Joan Blades
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Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.
Joan Blades
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Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.
Joan Blades
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It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
Joan Blades
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Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.
Joan Blades
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What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?
Joan Blades
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Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.
Joan Blades
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Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
Joan Blades
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We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.
Joan Blades
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