"Her goal was to dissolve racial stereotypes within her community by having people from all different backgrounds work together to keep the area safe, and it worked."

"I got the best of it I got to be there and learn from experienced people."

"Education in its broadest sense—to learn to be a good worker who can move on in life and be a good citizen – that’s the best hope for democracy. The American Dream is open to everybody if you take advantage of education."

"I think I was accepted because of a combination of things, I was a college graduate, I was a nurse, and I made it a point to only speak when I had something to say and to always have my facts in order."

"Rather than bemoan your fate that you don’t have any additional resources this year, eventually you will, so why don’t you begin with some of the smaller steps and begin to get some buy-in on the ideas so when you have money, instead of spending it stupidly, you have actually thought of a comprehensive plan."

"People pay more of their taxes and fees in property tax than businesses do, but even for businesses the property tax is the largest tax/fee burden they face."

"I know a little about health care policy but it’s really interesting to see how you deal with it at the hospital level, these policies you think of in the abstract and now see the reality."

"We all need the state government to have the revenues it needs to maintain a basic level of services. When it doesn’t, towns try to substitute for the lost support, and property taxes go up."

"I am pleased I had a chance to serve, and I am very grateful to the electorate for giving that to me."

"I’ve lived a great life."

"Education didn’t get into this shape in one year and it’s not going to get out of it one year."

"I think I was really pretty shy, so that I didn’t perhaps get into as many things as I should have."

"Well, some people don’t know how to be lazy. I think some of them need to learn how."

"She was an older sister by 12 years to my father Jim. We were always close, and she always loved her state and country and always cared a lot about what was going on."

"It wasn’t easy for her, but there was such an outpouring of love and respect, at least she got that."

"She was always a great, wonderful, loving aunt."

"Oh, I think it’s been fun. I’ve always enjoyed the teaching very much -- seeing people grow and teaching them. That’s more important to me than putting myself on the map."

"Doris took her representative responsibilities seriously."

"Doris was a very hard-working legislator."

"She was a great advocate for children. She had a passion for fisheries and water species."

"On the other hand, I always had plenty to do as a teacher and I did as much as I could. As I said, I did all my own typing, but I did enjoy the teaching end of it."

"I’m not one you can break my spirit."

"She never compromised on principle. That’s the legacy people should care about."

"I thought it was so unfair that they didn’t have the kind of support that we did in Moorestown, and that we should find a way to help them."

"They wanted a more youthful look. I was anchoring with men who had white hair."

"When you’re in government, there’s so much stuff that sometimes you don’t see as clearly — the specific needs and issues — because there’s so much fog that gets injected into each issue. And I think I’m able again to go back to the basics of where I was when I started in this business, which is: I’m here to represent my constituents and make life better for them. Pretty simple."

"I’m not looking back because there’s so much going forward that I need to get my arms around."

"I’m a fairly spiritual person, and I’ve felt I’ve been led to every job I’ve had."

"For women, once your age exceeds your bra size, they take you off the air."

"I never cried about the cancer, or anything else, but I did that day."

"She’s been a competitor all her life, and she’s been a competitor against that disease"

"I recognize that successful businesses are the essence of our economy and the source of jobs."

"There were a lot of votes, as I look back, that were pretty big and important."

"As people say, from the small acorn comes the mighty oak, and my mother was a giant amongst giants."

"A physically large woman with an equally large amount of inner strength, she was not afraid of confronting Jack's clients when they fell behind on their bills and following up to make sure the bills got paid."

"Evidently the citizens of Issaquah initially appreciated her strength and independent spirit, because her name was bandied about as a candidate for Issaquah mayor in 1930 and in fact, she ran."

"You draw in such a fashion so perhaps, a majority, or maybe not a majority, but a number of them will live in the prisons, thereby not being able to vote."

"We created the advisory council, so we have the opportunity to create transparency and two-way communication."

"Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Supervisor of Elections. We are transparent and we are collaborative."

"We spent all of last year preparing for 2024 (elections) and I want you to know that your team is ready in Nassau County."

"If you don’t trust your elections, what do you have in this country? I take this responsibility very seriously."

"There can be no real solution of the so-called ‘Indian problem’ unless the Interior Department embraces the principle of self-determination of Indian people by actual practice"

"I want to thank you for your trust, and I am humbled by the great responsibility that is within this office."

"The voters saw through her blatant self-serving move and now she’s cashing in her 30 pieces of silver."

"We always knew Dawn Addiego’s party switch had nothing to do with her values and everything to do with personal gain."

"I’m certainly open to any opportunity that may present itself."

"One never knows what the future holds."

"My core values that originally drew me to the Republican Party have not changed, but the party which once echoed the vision of Ronald Reagan no longer exists"

"The ability to be in public life has been enormously positive to our movement, to our people and being able to contribute has been very gratifying."