I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

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I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work...

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work...

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening...

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening...

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new...

New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new...

Advertising causes conflicts at exactly the most vulnerable age for children to be in conflict...

Advertising causes conflicts at exactly the most vulnerable age for children to be in conflict...

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic...

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?