Geraldine Ferraro
The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.Collection: Humor
You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.Collection: Peace
What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.Collection: Strength
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.
You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.
If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?
Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!
I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.
I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.
I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.
If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.
And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.
I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.
We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service.
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.
President Reagan's one-liners were terrific.
But I do think its necessary to have debates.
See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.
I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.
People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.
I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.
My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.
I do believe in the power of prayer.
The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
For one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we're going to be facing into the future.
And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.
We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.
By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.Collection: Running
Some leaders are born women.Collection: Leadership
We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.Collection: Women
Every time a woman runs, women win.Collection: Running
the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?Collection: Teacher
If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.Collection: 4th Of July
A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.Collection: Wise
I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.Collection: Helping Others
I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.Collection: Dream
Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.Collection: Religious
Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.Collection: Baby
If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.Collection: Men
politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.Collection: Games
Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South AfricaCollection: Fighting
I think Obama was terribly sexist.Collection: Thinking
It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.Collection: Country
I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.Collection: Presidential
If you don't run, you can't win.Collection: Running
If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.Collection: Country
You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.Collection: Walks