Geraldine Ferraro

And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.