Patricia Scott Schroeder
(1940-)

American Politician
First Women in Colorado elected to Congress
National Women's Hall of Fame

birthdate: July 30
birthplace:
Portland, Oregon

QUOTES

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

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

The Pledge of Allegiance says "...with liberty and justice for all." What part of "all" don't you understand?

You measure a government by how few people need help.

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.

There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use this ethic as a moral compass, then our rendezvous with reality can also become a rendezvous with opportunity.

 

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