As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty - as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today - our nation will remain free and strong.

The men and women on the front lines of the war on terror continue to risk their lives to save ours - and for that we owe them a debt that we can never truly repay. Thanks to their efforts we have made tremendous progress. Yet, the job is not done.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men