Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.

There's no question in my mind but that rights are never won unless people are willing to fight for them.

Feminist humor raises consciousness. And the reason it's funny is because it stands something on its head. Goodness knows you've got to have a sense of humor if you do feminism full-time, I tell you.

[We need to push] for what we want, not just what we can get.

I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.

The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word "abortion" in the Third World.

As long as we can be just the sidelight, the side issue, issues that deal with human beings, both men and women and children that should be given more prominence are not.

I mean, how many men would have gone on to the floor of the House as Carolyn Maloney did and wear a burkha to show the fight of Afghan women.

I'm not a prejudice person, and I've worked with many male legislators and some have been excellent for us, so I'm not speaking against a class of people.

I've been here a long time working for women. These are long years and this is an unusual legislator.

Carolyn Maloney has been a consistent fighter for Afghan women but also for International Family Planning Bills.

You are that to me, an oasis. You drug me and at the same time you give me strength.

Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)

The multitude is always in the wrong.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.

My biggest pet peeve is when a girl says, "I'm not into drama." Why are you even mentioning it?! That's dramatic in itself!

A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended.

We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives.

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less.