"I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs." ― Patricia Ireland Topic(s): Faith More From Patricia Ireland "Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream." "We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it’s a public and political problem. It’s a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places." "Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps." More In Faith "I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence."― Adam Rickitt "Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."― Samuel Taylor Coleridge "Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue."― James Wolcott