I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events.

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place