"I believe that democracy is based on the ability to make democracy serve the good of the majority of the people. If it can't do that, then it should not survive."

"If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world."

"I have sometimes thought that it was a good thing that I was not a man, for I should have been a very restless man."

"I'm an old woman, and I have seen many changes. And I have learned that the only thing that doesn't change is human nature."

"A woman is like a tea bag—you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."