Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.

Politics is social work with power.

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.

Have you ever seen a world fall to its knees? Watch, and learn.

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

I'm not really into the fashion thing.

Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.

The way to build a strong future is by both protecting the environment and creating good jobs.

A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.

I want to grow up as an actress and as a woman. Be independent.

I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful.

CHILDHOOD: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

Outside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she!