I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

Both positive and negative thinking can be formed in a child

We are in the hands of men whose power and wealth have separated them from the reality of daily life and from the imagination. We are right to be afraid.

An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.

I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority?

The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.

Books and marriage go ill together.

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.