Pat Schroeder

“He's the 'Teflon president.' Nothing sticks to him.”

“When you are a trailblazer, you are the first one to get the arrows.”

“I finally got to the point where I said, I'm not going to be a 'nice' girl. I'm going to be a tough woman.”

“When men talk about 'the military,' they're talking about their jobs. When women talk about 'the military,' they're talking about their lives.”

“The '80s were about acquiring—acquiring wealth, acquiring things. The '90s are about dealing with the consequences.”

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

“Some people say I have a chip on my shoulder. I have a whole bag of chips.”

“Family and medical leave is a matter of accepting the reality that every worker is a family member and every family has a worker.”

“You can't be a Congressperson and a superstar. You can't be a celebrity and a legislator. There's a choice to be made.”