He loved politics. He was always an activist on that level, always a fighter.

Politics: “Poli” a Latin word meaning “many”; and "tics" meaning “bloodsucking creatures”.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

You think you're being brave, you think you're being sexy, you think you're transcending feminism. But that's bullshit.

I saw him alive and I saw him in a different situation ... I didn't like his politics, but I liked him as a person. They were a beautiful family, ... There are not many of us who were there ... an eyewitness to history.

Katrina gets you to Iraq. It gets you to petroleum. It gets you to presidential politics. It has laid bare so many cracks and fissures in our system.