My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.

Never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.

We have a responsibility to control our borders. Building a wall is not an answer, not here in America or any place.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever.

I love chocolate. I love chocolate ice cream. I love chocolate candy. The darker the better.