A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech would never succumb to communism or any other ism.

I never felt I left the stage.

if we pursue the arms race no other problem will be solved.

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

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. 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.

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