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Anita Lee Blair Quotes

1916–2010 United States

Anita Lee Blair (September 8, 1916 – August 25, 2010) was an American politician and activist from Texas. She was the first blind woman elected to any state legislature in the United States.Anita Lee Blair was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in El Paso, Texas.

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Whoever is misinterpreting my remarks must be more interested in my opponent than in organized labor.

My opponents have not committed themselves to any specific platform – my position has (been) entirely clear.

My opponent has never been quoted on a platform; his campaign is solely based on the fact he has been in public office for forty years.

We cannot rob our institutions of learning of their ability to get facts. The truth is our greatest weapon against communism.

I resent that some people do not want to listen to the truth. I will run on my record . . . I have never waited to see how a vote was going to go and then vote in the house with the crowd.

I do not feel that I am going to set the world on fire, but I feel that there is a place for some practical work to be done.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anita Lee Blair (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.