I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.

There is no pure free-market economy.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

History is a better guide than good intentions.

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

Every new friend, in your life is 1% success.

See, my strumpf is in my hair. Now, I don't know what strumpf means. It's just a term some brothas gave me.

I've always felt that my subject was living in dangerous times.

Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice.

I have worked with Habitat for Humanity for awhile.

I was loved as a kid; I was raised with more love and emotional support than most folks could wish for my memories aged nought to ten are all bound up together in a mesh of innocence and fun.

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.

Anytime you have to sacrifice your art, or integrity, it's a bad deal, no matter what they're offering.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

Every woman has a story.