"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"

"One never knows what the future holds."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"I apologize if my statements offended anyone."

"It is a great privilege to represent extremely thoughtful and informed individuals like you."

"Thank you for supporting me while I’ve challenged the status quo and questioned legislation that, though well intended, could have unintended consequences."

"We may not always agree, but I will always listen."

"I want to continue listening and fighting the good fights. Please vote for me on November 8th."

"I am a very necessary evil. I try to stay in the background, but every now and then I have to come out and kick some body in the shins."

"Why should Indian people be forced to live under a law made some 80 years ago? That is the year in which the Indian Commissioner referred to Indians as ‘wild beasts!"

"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"

"The archaic protective rules and laws merely tend to hamper the Indian people from attaining their final goal of self-sufficiency, which is the goal of Congress for the Interior Department to foster."

"Assertive and self-reliant—as she believed tribes should be—Akers achieved many notable accomplishments in her lifetime, but not without conflict and criticism."

"Dolly Akers will be remembered differently by those who benefited from her actions and those whose shins got bruised."

"So many times, I have been the only woman in so many situations. I never used my position as a woman to influence things. I did it as a member of the group."

"But if you see an opportunity to help women, take it."

"Women are interested in the people they can help. To advance the cause of women, it's not enough to get to the top spot; you have to reach out and help other women."

"Stella Alexander developed a reputation for frugality and toughness in her early years in Issaquah during the 1920s."

"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."

"She enjoyed traveling, reading, walking and treasured her friendships and lived her life with an optimistic and grateful outlook with grace and dignity."

"Carolyn loved children and was blessed with nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and grand nieces and nephews."

"You keep Alabama clean and I'll help keep the capitol clean."

"It is the responsibility of every citizen man or woman to participate in politics."

"Both women and me have exactly the same grade state responsibility when they serve as a public servant ."

"Agnes sincerity is your security."

"Housewifely politician."

"What’s strange is I never told anyone I was interested in the job. In the last six months not a week goes by without someone asking me if I’m running. I ask them, ‘Where did you hear this?’"

"I’m flattered that people are thinking about me in that position [borough president], but I like what I’m doing"

"These are still allegations, I can’t prove or disprove them. I’ll never know the truth. The allegations don’t describe the father I knew."

"I don’t want to believe them, I just don’t want to believe them"

"an independent form of government, but one in which ʻthe Congress of the United States would have a slight hold on us, so that we could not go absolutely haywire."

"I do not feel we should forfeit the traditional rights and privileges of the natives of our islands for a mere thimbleful of votes in Congress, that we, the lovers of Hawaiʻi from long association with it should sacrifice our birthright for the greed of alien desires to remain on our shores, that we should satisfy the thirst for power and control of some inflated industrialists and politicians who hide under the guise of friends of Hawaiʻi, yet still keeping an eagle eye on the financial and political pressure button of subjugation over the people in general of these islands."

"I am still trying to locate a nurse who served with me at Newport in 1945-46. Her maiden name was Jeannie Gilbert. She graduated in the early 40s and later married an Army officer named MacDougal ,or something like that she would be about 70 years old today."

"strongly assert yourself, be paid for what you are worth, change the system by being part of the system, mentoring is important and be an advocate."

"My mother always said that that there was a better way to provide health care than just in a strictly medical model."

"Women are a neglected resource. They are not sufficiently recognized and their full potential is not often developed"

"I was a very good legislator—very effective and aggressive. My first year in the House of Delegates, one of the men said to me, ‘You know, when you get up to speak, we forget you are a woman."

"I’m not considering running against him. Only if there’s a vacancy. I think he’s saying he’s running — so we could be talking 2009."

"If Robert Morganthau ever decided not to run again, that is something I would look at"

"I’m not throwing my hat into that ring."

"There are a lot of very good people running for this position,"