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" We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this. "

Kay Bailey Hutchison

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Children

American

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" I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. "

" I do think women generally are more humble. "

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Humble

Generally

" The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room. "

" Our country was hit on 9/11, 2001. Everybody in the world knows that. It hasn't been easy to deal with a different kind of enemy, but that is what we have, a different kind of enemy. "

" I want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington. "

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Washington

People

" There are elections in which everyone knows that 'the people have spoken' but they don't always know exactly what the people have said. This November's election was different. Not only did the people speak, they spoke clearly. "

" When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United State Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too. "

" I just don't see anonymous sources as fair against a candidate. I think if someone has a real concern, they should come out and say it. "

" I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive. "

" Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system. "

" I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game. "

" People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing. "

" The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing. "

" In my opinion governors don't make the best presidents. That's my opinion and it's because they don't have the foreign policy experience and they have to learn on the job. "

" We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women. "

" I have always been able to rise above the expectations. "

" I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative. "

Kay Bailey Hutchison

I Am

Moderate

" I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally. "