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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
- Tammy Duckworth
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#Consciousness
#Country
#World
Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Children
#Like
#Many
#Military
#Women
I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Army
#Commissioned
#Proud
The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Better
#Country
#Deserve
#Risk
#Women
I don't know why I survived Iraq and I don't know why I made it home, but I do know that this is my second chance at life and I can do whatever I want now.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Chance
#Home
#I Can
#Know
#Life
I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Avoid
#Fact
#Injured
#Interest
#Soldier
What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Comfort
#Day
#Next
#One Day
#Security
The lessons I learned as an officer, the challenges I've faced, and the camaraderie I've experienced are at the core of who I am.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Camaraderie
#Challenges
#I Am
#Lessons
The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Congress
#Face
#Me
#Obstacles
#Overcome
I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Experience
#Politics
#Time
#Together
I am just one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who is responsible and hard-working and at one point in their life benefited greatly from government programs such as student loans, Medicare, and Social Security.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Government
#I Am
#Life
#Security
#Social
Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Employer
#Insurance
#Medical
#Through
I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Condition
#Cost
#Medical
#Seen
Student loans, Social Security, and Medicare make a difference in the lives of working families every day, and the conversation that should be taking place is how we can save these programs, not weaken them.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Day
#Every Day
#Make A Difference
#Place
I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America.
- Tammy Duckworth
#America
#Believe
#First Step
#Past
#Step
It was the combination of hard work and a hand up that allowed me to become one of the first women to fly in combat missions and achieve my American Dream.
- Tammy Duckworth
#American Dream
#Hard Work
#Women
#Work
My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Experience
#Life
#Me
#My Life
#Realize
The power of the ADA is that it ended up changing my life long before I ever imagined it would.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Life
#Long
#My Life
#Power
#Up
I shouldn't even be here, so if I'm here, I better do something good.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Better
#Good
#Something Good
#Something
The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
- Tammy Duckworth
#History
#Immigrants
#Nation
#Overlook
The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Discipline
#Good
#Place
#Sacrifice
I was born in Bangkok in 1968 and grew up in Southeast Asia with my Thai mom and my American father, who first came to the region to fight in Vietnam and stayed to work assisting refugees.
- Tammy Duckworth
#American
#Father
#Fight
#Mom
#Work
The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Commitment
#Live
#Stand Up
#Stand
#Will
We must be an inclusive nation that respects and supports all of its citizens: a nation that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Give
#Inclusive
#Nation
#Up
#Who
The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
- Tammy Duckworth
#ADA
#Around
#Opportunity
#Them
#World
Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Never
#Sometimes
#Trauma
#True
#Work
The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
- Tammy Duckworth
#American Dream
#Hard
#Opportunity
#Work
When I was young, my dad, a veteran who attended college on the GI Bill, lost his job at age 55 when the company he worked for was sold. My entire family pitched in - my mom took in sewing, and I got a minimum wage job after school.
- Tammy Duckworth
#Age
#Dad
#Family
#Lost
#Mom
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