Teresa Heinz

“I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.”

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

“I couldn't not be who I am. That bubble eventually bursts down the road. So you just have to be real, and when you goof up, say you goofed up.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.”

“I am very concerned about junk food in the schools.”

“I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. 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.”

“I'm the wife. I'm the mom. I'm the friend. And, you know, my friends call me 'Mama T,' or 'Dr. T,' and that's, guess, what I am - the Mama T and the Dr. T. That's who I am.”

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

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

“I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.”