“Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may...”

“My strength is in finding ways to make the government work for the people: finding waste, or money that is not being properly used... or finding opportunities that are out there and making them wor...”

“We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.”

“I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.”

“I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.”

“When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.”

“Private ownerships of a ...slave chip is illegal in many polities. It tends to be a government monopoly, much like other forms of violence. But I had fallen among pirates and life insurance underwr...”

“You dont need miracles in the west. You have insurance.”

“The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.”

“The time to hesitate is through.”

“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”

“The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one anothers lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The w...”

“Women shouldn't be in combat," said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. "Neither should men, in my opinion.”

“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.”