Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

When a guy gets elected to the Senate or the governor's mansion, he wakes up the next morning and says to himself, 'You're presidential material,'

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

Every time a woman runs, women win.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

You don't deliberately submit people you love to something like that. I don't think I'd run again for vice-president. Next time I'd run for president.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

Some leaders are born women.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

I think Obama was terribly sexist.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.

A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.

I do believe in the power of prayer.

Well of course Bush got Kentucky, because it's a Republican city.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.

National campaigns are tough. Yes, you have to be prepared to be attacked, and I have to tell you, if you get elected, you have to also be prepared.

Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.

Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available!

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.