Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
The only time I'm the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.
Imagine in what the president [Donald trump] wants to do, the 400 wealthiest families in America will get a tax break of $7 million a year.
We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal, state, local?
I was raised in an Italian catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. I took pride in our Italian American heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the House and the first Italian American speaker of the House, it's quite thrilling for me.
When the Kyoto Protocol enters into the force tomorrow, the world will take a significant and long-awaited first step towards stemming global warming. Instead of stepping forward as the world leader on climate change, however, the Bush Administration is clinging to the role of world obstructionist.
What I do care about is that it's an obstacle to other women entering politics, because they'll say, "Why would I do that? I have plenty of other options. " And women with plenty of options are just the women that we want to be in politics and government.
We seem to know that international wars tend not to stop with their formal "peace treaties. " We seem not to have thought enough about the difference between the large official events of political and military history and their overflow both into recognized effects and into the lives of unofficial people who suffer them.
America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford.
Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness.
Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.