My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. My only hope is that, one day soon, women who have all earned the right to their opinions -- instead of being called 'opinionated' will be called smart and well-informed, just like men.

I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. My only hope is that, one day soon, women who have all earned the right to their opinions -- instead of being called 'opinionated' will be called smart and well-informed, just like men.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

You can call me Mama T anytime.