There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.
As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.
I am very concerned about junk food in the schools.
My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.
I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish.
To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young, curious, brimming with idealism and hope - and a real, honest compassion.
I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up.
I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.
In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.
When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.
At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, 'Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?'
As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are.
I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.
I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think Mrs. Reagan was a role model of my mother's generation, intelligent, very supportive of her husband. I am very different from my mom, but I admired her devotion.
I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.
I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.
If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.
John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.
I never cook from cookbooks.
I like to bring people together so we don't waste opportunities and resources and keep doing the wrong things when we know better. Corporate America makes great things and things that can hurt us. They have to be part of the solutions. There's nothing to say you don't make a profit by doing good.
