If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.

We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office. Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confidence.

To tell the people in the West not to use their cars means that these people may never see another soul for weeks and weeks nor have a way of getting a sick person to a doctor.

More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.