Lawyer

People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.

When I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania I had a baby in one arm, a diploma in the other and I didn't know where I was going in life.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States.

It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.

I'm pretty tough.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.

I have represented people in book deals.

I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.