Elizabeth Edwards

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.

The military is already sexually integrated.

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

The way campaign funds are distributed are all a matter of record.

I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.

I loved campaigning.

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.