Joan Blades Quotes

• 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

  Time, Children, Issues

  "Back to the Basics" by Joan Blades, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2006.

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• Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

  Joan Blades

  Powerful, Toxic Chemicals, Levels

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• The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

  Joan Blades

  Mother, Parent, Needs

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• A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.

  Joan Blades

  Meaningful, Book, People

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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

  Country, Real, Optimism

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• Elaboramos una petición de una sola frase en la que pedíamos al Congreso que censurara al Presidente Clinton y se ocupara de otros asuntos urgentes. La enviamos a menos de 100 amigos y familiares, y en una semana 100.000 personas habían firmado la petición.

  Joan Blades

  Moving, Issues, People

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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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

  Jobs, Kids, Blue

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• We are mortgaging our future.

  Joan Blades

  Nuestro futuro

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

  Joan Blades

  Presidential, Voter Turnout, Voters

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

  Joan Blades

  Thinking, People, Information

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

  Joan Blades

  Responsibility, Support, Political

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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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

  Jobs, Home, Years

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• La mayoría de las familias necesitan que ambos progenitores trabajen. Las madres necesitan poder trabajar y ganar un salario justo y tener la flexibilidad en sus empleos para ser también las cuidadoras principales.

  Joan Blades

  Family, Mom, Jobs

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• I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

  Joan Blades

  Activist, Occasions

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

  Joan Blades

  Training, Inclination, Mediators

  "Back to the Basics" by Joan Blades, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2006.

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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

  Mother, Believe, Issues

  "Back to the Basics" by Joan Blades, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2006.

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• Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

  Joan Blades

  Common Sense, Basics, Our Future

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• Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter verified paper trail.

  Joan Blades

  Long, Voting, Paper

  "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.

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• I find it odd that theres 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

  Strong, Way, Election

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