"People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether its racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matterâ€”or speciesism? The key is to educate others about why you take the position."

-- Gary L. Francione

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“I remember we [with Donald Trump] were sitting in a meeting and he walked in and he looked at me and he said - maybe five or six of us in there - and he said, "Are you the first woman to ever run a presidential campaign?" And so the guys in the room said, "First Republican woman." And I said - you know, I always think of Susan Estrich and Mary Kay and Donna Brazile, and respect them enormously; know one of them very well. And I said, "Well, I'm the first Republican one."”
“People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.”

Source : Interview with Katharine Hikel, www.vermontwoman.com. August 04, 2004.
“I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.”
“The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't lose it.”
“The whole idea of a public education was to train young people about how our system of government works, so they could be good citizens and be part of it. We're not doing that today.”
“I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.”
“It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out.”
“A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.”

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