It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward alI their lives.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. . .

I have no hostility towards men. Some of my best friends are men. I married a man, and my father was a man.