"However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve"

"Women are responsible for creating their own roles"

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his"

"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"