The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.

Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.

It's only when we're relaxed that the thing way down deep in all of us - call it the subconscious mind, the spirit, what you will - has a chance to well up and tell us how we shall go.

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.