“Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.” 

“I was angry because young men in politics were treated like rising stars and young women were treated like - well - young women. {...}

I was angry about the human talent that was lost just because it was born into a female body, and the mediocrity that was rewarded because it was born into a male one.

“Feminism is memory.” 

“When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel.” 

“Don't write when you're angry and under deadline, with time to test it only on friends who know what you mean, not on strangers who don't.” 

“Women are always better liked if we sacrifice ourselves for something bigger - and something bigger always means including men, even though something bigger for men doesn't usually mean including women.” 

“My father did not have to trade dying alone for the joys of the road. My mother did not have to give up a journey of her own to have a home. Neither do I. Neither do you.” 

“Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others do but never do it ourselves.” 

“Or perhaps it's "activist," but on environmental and economic problems, without understanding that pressuring women to have too many children is the biggest cause of environmental distress, and economic courses should start with reproduction, not just production.” 

“As feminism has changed academia by enlarging what is taught, academia has sometimes changed feminism.” 

“In the same way that individual women are often underestimated, a movement of women is also understimated, but the truth is that, if people realize someone is willing to talk about these deep and daily concerns, they show up.” 

“The idea that women are 'our own worst enemies' forces us to admit that we don't have the power to be, even if we wanted too.” 

“I also noticed that humor was even more of a survival tactic here than in most women's groups. As one asked: What did Columbus call primitive? Answer: Equal women.” 

“Power is being redefined. Women often explain with care that we mean power to control our lives, but not to dominate others.” 

“Perhaps that's the first Survival Lesson we need to remember if we are to keep going: serious opposition is a measure of success. Women have been trained to measure our effectiveness in love and approval, not in conflict and resistance.” 

“It's time to leave. There is so much out there to do and say and listen to. I can go on the road, because I can come home. I come home, because I am free to leave.” 

“I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be "unfeminine", so we suppress it-until it overflows.” 

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” 

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” 

“I will confess to you that, you know, one of the statements that’s been attributed to me that I’m sort of proud of is somebody said, you know, “What do we do about Osama bin Laden?” And they asked me, “Can we forgive him?” And I said, “Forgiveness is up to God. I just hope we hurry up the meeting.” And that’s the way I feel about him, really. [8 February 2003 show of Meet The Press, NBC News]” 

“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.” 

“Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.” 

“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.” 

“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.” 

"truly the best thing America has to offer the world."

"He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man."

"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."

"When placed in command - take charge."

"Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust God, and do"

"The Navy's battle force in the last eight years has been cut by one third. And the Air Force reports that it is now called on to mount four times as many operations with a force that has been cut by 40 percent,"

A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army.

A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army.

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

When placed in command, take charge.

War is a profane thing.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.