KERRY KENNEDY

U.S. lawmakers should take a firm and principled stand consistent with their rhetoric about the importance of human rights and democracy in Egypt.

My husband is in politics and my kids are already a campaign organ for him and I really love being their mother.

For many Mexican human rights defenders, confronting the military does not end so well.

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused to participate in the political process.

Throughout Africa, as in much of the world, women are responsible for tilling the fields, deciding what to plant, nurturing the crops, and harvesting the food. They are the first to be aware of environmental damage that harms agricultural production.

We need autocracies and failing democracies alike to understand that they cannot scapegoat LGBT citizens to distract from their own shortcomings.

I have 10 brothers and sisters. My mother raised us because my father died when I was 8.

I understood at a young age that administrations come and go, but laws stay. So I decided to become a lawyer in order to help create a more just and peaceful world, not just in a fleeting moment but in a way that will endure from one generation to the next.

There was no sense of burden, like, 'I now must carry on Robert Kennedy's unfinished work.' Absolutely not.

There are very few women in the Senate and very few mothers.

My siblings and I were raised to honor and cherish those who serve. They are, as my father said, America's most precious resource. I still believe in that vision of the American military. I want my three daughters to believe in it as well.

For centuries, from the dirt roads of Trenton, to the hills of Virginia, to the trenches of Amiens, our armed forces never fought in a war they didn't win.

It's hard to have both parents involved in elective office at the same time.

I've learned powerful lessons about the nature of forgiveness from human rights defenders. For example, for the greater good of his country, Kofi Woods emerged from a torture chamber in Liberia to later defend the very men who had brutalized him.

I don't believe people are moved to action when they see horror. They're moved to action when they see courage in the face of horror.

So I think that having Donald Trump as president of our country, and also his impact around the world, would have left my father in dismay.

Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength.

I first went to Haiti in 1979. I've gone back every few years since.

Wangari Maathai was a mighty woman, creative, fearless, and full of love.

The result of being a Kennedy is that I have extraordinary opportunities that I wouldn't otherwise have.

My father when I was a kid was so deeply involved with Native Americans, he used to bring home these extraordinary headdresses and pipes.

LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.

Catholics want what other Americans want: access to health care and jobs that pay a living wage. They want to send their kids to good schools. They want something done about poverty.

There were times I should have been completely emotionally available to my kids and I wasn't there, even for reading a book with them or watching TV or tucking my daughter into bed.

I have to tell you, virtually every country I've gone to, the Catholic church is on the cutting edge of social change. Really extraordinary.