Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

- Patricia Ireland

The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

- Patricia Ireland

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

- Patricia Ireland

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

- Patricia Ireland

When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, no…

- Patricia Ireland

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 …

- Patricia Ireland

All of us knew he was a snake when we voted for him

- Patricia Ireland

The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we w…

- Patricia Ireland

The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too …

- Patricia Ireland