Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

In deep suffering, I got to know divinity within my soul.

I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.

Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.

The 19th century was the age of Individualism the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.

When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption

She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time.

But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take.

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

I don't want to be the biggest or the best, I want to be faithful.

The way to really create justice for workers in America is to create job growth.