It’s time to take the ‘Men Only’ sign off the White House door. — Carol Moseley Braun

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non–traditional candidates. — Carol Moseley Braun

I’m a results–oriented person and my Senate record shows that. — Carol Moseley Braun

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I’d like them to say, Carol’s basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol’s kind of like Al Gore in a skirt. — Carol Moseley Braun

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott. — Carol Moseley Braun

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level. — Carol Moseley Braun

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot. — Carol Moseley Braun

It’s hard to be the first. It’s almost as if I’m subject to a different level of inspection. — Carol Moseley Braun

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote. — Carol Moseley Braun

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests. — Carol Moseley Braun

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that’s smaller than you and you beat them, where’s the honor in that? — Carol Moseley Braun

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers–one from either party. — Carol Moseley Braun

I think Americans want to believe in this country again. — Carol Moseley Braun

The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. — Carol Moseley Braun

I want to rebuild America. — Carol Moseley Braun

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn’t try to make the world a better place were strange. — Carol Moseley Braun

Im committed to universal health coverage and education. — Carol Moseley Braun

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible. — Carol Moseley Braun

I want people who believe in my message and where I am on issues to support me. — Carol Moseley Braun

I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process. — Carol Moseley Braun

I’ve always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome. — Carol Moseley Braun

We’re failing our children with education, we’re failing our environment. — Carol Moseley Braun

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don’t have to pay our bills. — Carol Moseley Braun

We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize. — Carol Moseley Braun

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face. — Carol Moseley Braun

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. — Carol Moseley Braun

If I lose, I’m going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants. — Carol Moseley Braun

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs. — Carol Moseley Braun

I’d come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed. — Carol Moseley Braun

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people. — Carol Moseley Braun

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation’s responsibility, that’s going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents. — Carol Moseley Braun

I was very productive as a senator for my state. — Carol Moseley Braun

I really think that’s the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow. — Carol Moseley Braun

It’s not impossible for a woman–a Black woman–to become President. — Carol Moseley Braun