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

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

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.

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

Vice president—it has such a nice ring to it.

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

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