Quotes by Geraldine Ferraro

About Geraldine Ferraro:

Geraldine Anne Ferraro was an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party.
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The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

Geraldine Ferraro

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

Geraldine Ferraro

For one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we're going to be facing into the future.

Geraldine Ferraro

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

Geraldine Ferraro

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

Geraldine Ferraro

Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!

Geraldine Ferraro

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

Geraldine Ferraro

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

Geraldine Ferraro

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.

Geraldine Ferraro

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

Geraldine Ferraro

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

Geraldine Ferraro

We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service.

Geraldine Ferraro

I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

Geraldine Ferraro

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

Geraldine Ferraro

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

Geraldine Ferraro

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

Geraldine Ferraro

President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.

Geraldine Ferraro

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

Geraldine Ferraro

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

Geraldine Ferraro

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

Geraldine Ferraro

Author Bio

  • NameGeraldine Ferraro
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer and politician
  • BornAugust 26, 1935
  • DiedMarch 26, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer; Diplomat; Ambassador; Writer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsNational Women's Hall Of Fame