I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging of the law, or the justice of the law.

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

No one can understand what’s the best thing for you to do, other than yourself.

The more you read, the more things you will know.

I'm for prayer in the schools because ritual and ceremony are calming and civilizing, and the little fartlings should be tamped down whenever possible.

One of the best ways to cultivate a possibility mind set is to prompt yourself to dream one size bigger than you normally do. Let's face it, most people dream too small, they don't think big enough.

Expertness of taste is at once the result and reward of constant exercise of thinking.

I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life.

The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.

[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.