Quotes from Cokie Roberts

I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.

Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

Times do keep changing - thank God.

Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing.

I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.

But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.

Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.

John Quincy Adams subscribed to the thesis that his mother's generation was unique when he complained to [his wife] that there were no modern women like her. Abigail, God love her, shot back that women might act frivolous and flighty, but only because men wanted them to.

Cornwallis voiced his lament that even if he destroyed all the men in America, he'd still have the women to contend with.

Though she hadn't seen other countries, she was convinced that America was the best because of the equality of its people, "there being none so immensely rich as to lord it over us, neither any so abjectly poor as to suffer for the necessaries of life.

Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous

Benjamin Franklin had another suggestion for the vice president: "His Superfluous Excellency.

Times do keep changing - thank God.

confab in his visit to the President yesterday after

May our Country be always prepared for War, but disposed to Peace

Women rely on friends. ... That's where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.