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

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.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

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.

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

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn't it more that is required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth? In America the true patriots are those who dare speak truth through power.