Unequal access to money and media plus bias, external and internalized, and male-dominant religions and illegality at the polls - all those are reasons for women's wildly unequal political power.

To punish the individual for the sins of the system makes no sense. We're responsible for changing it, yes. But we can't actually invent another universe, so we have to start where we are.

imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us.

I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."

I believe that change comes from the bottom, not the top.