Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work.

Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have to prove to the world and particularly to downtrodden areas of the world which are the natural prey to the principles of communist economics that democracy really brings about happier and better conditions for the people as a whole.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.