"American politics is always an open competition."

"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness."

"I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family."

"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves."

"My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman."