Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement.

Some leaders are born women.

Every time a woman runs, women win.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,' the usual reply is women, blacks, teachers, and unions. Those are 'special interests' to be proud of - because together they comprise the majority of Americans. What about the 'special interests' that dominate the Republican Party - the oil companies, the banks, the gun lobby, and the apostles of religious intolerance?

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

I think Obama was terribly sexist.

It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

If you don't run, you can't win.

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.

You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.