Mary Frances Berry Quotations

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

We need to insist on fathers and mothers sharing the care of their offspring as well as the opportunity to enjoy the fulfillment of individual rights.

Analysis can tell us what is required, but it cannot make us act.

Defining child care primarily as women's sphere reinforces the devaluing of women and prevents their equal access to power.

advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an insistence on mother taking care of children and housework.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.

Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.