Pat Schroeder Quotes (14 Quotes)

Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.

Think of the precedent of that -- for movies, for software, for anything in the intellectual property realm. Everybody has the right to copy everything unless the rights holder finds you and says, 'No.' It puts the onus on the rights owner.

Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.

You'd carry on a logical debate, but you'd read about it later and say, 'Was I there' ... But what are you going to do Put out a press release and say, 'We weren't screeching'

To think that here we are, 31 years later, and they (now) know absolutely no more about massive hemorrhaging than they did then,

I think we're much more comfortable with women as policy makers, ... We're not there yet, but the comfort zone is much wider than it was when I came.

And she will continue fighting not just sexism, but now -- at 56 -- also ageism. Oh, listen, ... Ageism's very strong against women in our society. I should bring in to you all the checks I get from people telling me to dye my hair, that I look like the great gray ape of the Congress. And I keep saying, in the ape community, they revere their gray apes.

I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying pan Nothing sticks to him

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.

I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, "What choice do I have?"

And what does this tell us about the woman whom President Bush has nominated for the Supreme Court I don't mean to sound flip, but I'm a very handicapped person, ... I am not able to read people's hearts and souls and brains . . . the way he can.

The Pledge of Allegiance says, "liberty and justice for all".

The initiative seems to respect the rights of creators to determine how their works will be used, and this has been our concern and objective all along.