To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency

I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and proper nutrition.