 I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents. |
| And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. |
| The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many. |
| Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety. |
| The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around. |
| I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions. |
| Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes. |
| They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries. |
| I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism. |
| Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is. |
| I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President. |
| I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture. |
| I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs. |
