"Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream."

"The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it."

"I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership."

"When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?"

"If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them."

"I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen."

"Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice."

"People don't talk to me the way they would other people. They kind of look at me, but they never come over. It makes me feel like there's something wrong with me."