Faye Wattleton

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can__ take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can__ take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.

This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow we have slipped into an era in which poor people don't matter is not quite the way our history would define it.

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.