With a measly 18 percent of our Congress composed of women, the U.S. ranks just 77th in the world in terms of women in elected office, surpassed by such countries as Ezbekistan and Moldova.

Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.

Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.

Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.

If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble.

I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.

My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.

There is music the moment you start listening.

All I am is what I'm going after.

Knowledge is an island surrounded by a sea of mystery.

They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

I'm Italian and we curse a lot when we talk.

As a modern woman, there are things I take for granted, and that shows up in the way I sit, the way I walk, the way I think, and what I know to be possible.

Inspiration without action is really entertainment. So while something can be very inspiring it is not transformative until you actually do something with it.

Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.

Financial freedom is freedom from fear.

The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment.