People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

They blame the low income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work. They blame the middle income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.