"I have long ties to the women's community."

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"The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed."

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"I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer."

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"Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue."

President

"I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans."

People

"We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working."

Money

"I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it."

Thought

"I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me."

Life

"I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems."

People

"I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me."

People

"We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work."

Work

"Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life."

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"The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too."

Difference