Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.

I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.