Quotes by Cokie Roberts

“No matter what else theyre doing, women are also always nurturing.”

“Ive 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.”

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

“They thought we were a bunch of self-satisfying, materialistic, selfish people who would crumble. We knew thats not who we were.”

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

“Hes always hoped I would have one. I never have.”

“Theres a view in this country that everybodys going through what theyre going through for the first time,”

“Everywhere.”

“I told my mother,”

“We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.”

When kids made a decision for themselves they have a vested interest in showing they were right. Lee wanted to prove to me that he had made the right choice so he worked hard and did well. If wed forced him to go to college somewhere else all the incentives wouldve been different. Then he would have had a motive to prove that we were wrong.

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.

Women rely on friends. ... Thats where we draw sustenance and find safety. We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.

Womens roles are diminished for obvious reasons. Its the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

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