the two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.

The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.

The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.