The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

Miss Abbott, don't worry over me. Some people are born not to do things. I'm one of them.

Ordinary people can do extra ordinary things when they create opportunity towards their passion

The problem with a lot of people is that they keep trying to make ends meet without knowing the difference between their wants and needs.

As you know from the Italian expression, the fish stinks from the head down. What I can tell you two fish that don't stink, okay, and that's me and the President.

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean.

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.

If Instagram had been available when I was working in Nicaragua in 1978, I'm sure I would have wanted to use it as a way of reporting directly from the streets during the insurrection.

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?