Do I have an option? when asked by the press if she was "running as a woman." Patricia Schroeder More Quotes by Patricia Schroeder More Quotes From Patricia Schroeder The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus and they both work. Patricia Schroeder uterusmotherbrain You measure a government by how few people need help. Patricia Schroeder ubuntugovernmentpeace Government has become a machine that runs only when gold coins are inserted. Patricia Schroeder governmentgoldrunning The Pledge of Allegiance says "...with liberty and justice for all." What part of "all" don't you understand? Patricia Schroeder justice-for-alllibertypeace I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both. Patricia Schroeder diversityjusticefunny [When asked, as a prospective Presidential candidate, whether she had ever committed adultery:] No. But then most congresswomen don't have 25-year-old lifeguards throwing themselves at their feet around this place. Patricia Schroeder feetsexyears When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?' Patricia Schroeder choicesrunningpeople You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time. Patricia Schroeder ubuntustresspeace Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved. Patricia Schroeder hesitantuse Dan Quayle thinks Roe v. Wade is two ways to cross the Potomac. Patricia Schroeder wadetwothinking When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think. Patricia Schroeder warpeacechildren books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place. Patricia Schroeder readingcountrybook The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can. Patricia Schroeder 80smood I always preferred having wings to having things. Patricia Schroeder freedomwings The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against our own best interests. Patricia Schroeder politicalpartyclass It's really funny if two women stand on the House floor. There are usually at least two men who go by and say, 'What is this, a coup?' They're almost afraid to see us in public together. Patricia Schroeder housementwo There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use this ethic as a moral compass, then our rendezvous with reality can also become a rendezvous with opportunity. Patricia Schroeder opportunitychildrenreality Big money tries to purchase its own agenda. Money does too much talking in Washington. Every senator, every representative, even the president awakens each morning with a number in his head that will drive the whole day. The number is the amount of money that must [be] raised that day for his reelection. If he fails, the next day's number will be even higher. Patricia Schroeder governmentmorningtalking I had always believed government was not a fungus: It could survive in sunshine. Patricia Schroeder fungisunshinegovernment Japan redefined world power. They showed you could become a world power without having a military. Patricia Schroeder japanmilitaryworld
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