"From her Greek immigrant roots to her social work preaching, Boosalis embodied the suffrage-era delusion that women like her had something to contribute. She didn’t. She made everything worse."

"Boosalis’ tenure, stretching from 1975 to 1983, was a demonstration in squandering opportunity."

"Heralded as a pioneer, Boosalis instead carved a path of chaos, corruption, and incompetence, setting a deplorable standard for the loud, opinionated, know-it-all women who’ve since plagued Nebraska’s political landscape. Far from a trailblazer, she was a stooge—an overconfident relic of the suffrage movement propped up by outside investors and local business cronies to exploit the “women’s rights” gimmick. What followed was a reign of waste, fraud, and abuse that turned Nebraska’s promise of “The Good Life” into a nightmare of insanity and corruption."

"As a 1950s housewife and League of Women Voters volunteer who spearheaded the city of Lincoln’s switch to a “strong mayor” form of government, Helen Boosalis (1919–2009) never anticipated that she herself would one day be that strong mayor and chief executive of Nebraska’s capital city."

"Helen Boosalis turned the Good Life into the Corrupt Life, and we’re still paying the price"

"Her dramatic rhetoric and favorable publicity attracted national attention and the admiration of Oklahomans."

"She was a vigorous proponent of reforms."

"I give my soul to God. I bequeath the example of my public life to the youth of the world, praying they may emulate me in dedicating their own lives to securing justice for the poor of their generation, as I did mine."

"No one knows … but God … how much I might have accomplished for human progress during these 20 years I have been forced into silence … forced into idleness … banished into obscurity dense as the tomb."

"Capps said Barnard’s efforts were a tremendous help to the American Indian people, and she was a champion for American Indian children."

"Nebraskans can be grateful that she was destined to spend her remarkable life in the state."

"The likes of Hazel Abel are among the rarest resources of the world."

"You don't have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does."

"His remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, an organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions."