Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal