Kerry Kennedy

“I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8.”

“I went to the Convent of the Sacred Heart for four years. It was interesting to me because, in a family where men were clearly favored over women, this was an atmosphere, a world, run by strong, determined, smart women in leadership, who had high expectations of the girls, and this tremendous sense of love and commitment to the wider world.”

“There are very few women in the Senate and very few mothers.”

“I loved that television show Mad Men because it really was a reminder of what reality was back then.”

“LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.”

“So I think that having Donald Trump as president of our country, and also his impact around the world, would have left my father in dismay.”

“There were times I should have been completely emotionally available to my kids and I wasn't there, even for reading a book with them or watching TV or tucking my daughter into bed.”

“When people say there is a 'reason' for the depression, they insult the person who suffers, making it seem that those in agony are somehow at fault for not 'cheering up.' The fact is that those who suffer - and those who love them - are no more at fault for depression than a cancer patient is for a tumor.”

“Mourning is tough. But faith and family are the greatest sources of strength.”

“Ambien is one of the most prescribed pills in America. A lot of people take it every night or several times a week or several times a month in order to help them sleep. I'm just not one of those people. That's the perception of me. But that's not the reality.”

“The way we need to view aid is as a fulfillment of rights, and Mexico, as other countries around the world, have agreed and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the covenants of Human Rights and that includes the right to food, the right to water, the right to housing and the right to education.”

“The time of day when there was quiet and serenity was every night when we gathered in my parents' bedroom and knelt down together and prayed.”

“I myself am a soccer mom, a volleyball mom and a basketball mom.”

“I think that on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality and poverty alleviation, and those issues are so important.”

“I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.”

“I have to tell you, virtually every country I've gone to, the Catholic church is on the cutting edge of social change. Really extraordinary.”

“The iconic life of Nelson Mandela is testament to the fact that the road to freedom is quite often long and fraught with great personal sacrifice.”

“Look, my mother's not a welfare woman. She certainly had plenty of help. But there's no substitute for a husband and partner.”

“The result of being a Kennedy is that I have extraordinary opportunities that I wouldn't otherwise have.”

“You can't live in the past and say, 'if only.' You have to pick up and move along and make the world better.”