Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes.

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

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.

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.

It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society together. They bring a reverence to life that's instinctual, not just intellectual.

You can call me Mama T anytime.