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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."
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"When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law."

"Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win."

"We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong."

"Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety."

"I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy."

"In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal."

"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."

"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've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it."
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