Cokie Roberts quotes

The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce. (Cokie Roberts)

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

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Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.

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Times do keep changing - thank God.

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I say, in politics, it is the women who are constantly bringing the civilizing issues to the forefront, the caretaking issues, the issues of concern to families and children.

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Senator John Tower (R-Texas): What is your definition of womanizing?Roberts: Well, I think most women know it when they see it, Senator.

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But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.

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Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

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I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

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I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

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No matter what else they're doing, women are also always nurturing. (Cokie Roberts)

I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.

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Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.

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I have to tell you I don't just see this role of women as caretakers in the world that I cover, I see it in the world I live in. Slowly, slowly, slowly but definitely, the workplace is becoming a more humane place because of the presence of women. The idea that time can be taken for family, whether it's having children or caring for sick people or elderly people in your family. That is becoming more possible for the men in the work place as well as for the women in the work place because of the fights that we have fought over the last several decades.

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