Teresa Heinz Quotes

• My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. My only hope is that, one day soon, women who have all earned the right to their opinions -- instead of being called 'opinionated' will be called smart and well-informed, just like men.

  Teresa Heinz

  Smart, Men, Voice

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. July 27, 2004.

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• Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

  Teresa Heinz

  Real, Ideas, Political

  "Teresa Heinz" by Julia Turner, www.slate.com. December 11, 2003.

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• My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

  Teresa Heinz

  Roots, Bird, Tree

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• I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn't it more that is required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth? In America the true patriots are those who dare speak truth through power.

  Teresa Heinz

  Lonely, Believe, Land

  Teresa Heinz's address to the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, www.washingtonpost.com. July 27, 2004.

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• It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society together. They bring a reverence to life that's instinctual, not just intellectual.

  Teresa Heinz

  Intellectual, Together, Glue

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• There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

  Teresa Heinz

  May, Things To Do, Noticing

  Teresa Heinz's address to the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, www.washingtonpost.com. July 27, 2004.

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• If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

  Teresa Heinz

  Want, Ifs

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• I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

  Teresa Heinz

  Surprise

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. July 27, 2004.

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• As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

  Teresa Heinz

  Weight, Johannesburg, Young

  Teresa Heinz's address to the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, www.washingtonpost.com. July 27, 2004.

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• I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

  Teresa Heinz

  East, Grew Up, Dictatorship

  "Transforming Teresa" by Gail Sheehy, www.motherjones.com. July/August 2004.

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• When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

  Teresa Heinz

  Hurt, Thinking, Let It Go

  "Transforming Teresa" By Gail Sheehy, www.motherjones.com. July/August 2004.

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• John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

  Teresa Heinz

  Girl, Boys, Oil

  "Heinz Kerry: John Would Avoid War". www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2004.

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• You can call me Mama T anytime.

  Teresa Heinz

  Mama, Call Me

  "Gay support for Kerry on display at convention" By Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. July 29, 2004.

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• I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life.

  Teresa Heinz

  Views, Abortion, Stopping

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• Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes.

  Teresa Heinz

  Clothes, Water, Generator

  "Heinz Kerry visits hurricane relief effort by U.S. Caribbeans". usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 15, 2004.

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• I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

  Teresa Heinz

  Country, Men, People

  "The real running mates". Interview with Pablo Martinez Monsivais, usatoday30.usatoday.com. October 19, 2004.

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