Lindy Boggs

"If we met regularly there would be mutual concerns that would be revealed that we may not think of as compelling now."

"Almost all women’s issues are economic issues."

"But those achievements, great as they are, do not begin to sum up the life and accomplishments of Lindy Boggs."

"Women vote their pocketbooks . . . it boils down to that."

"She really knew the district better than he did. She knew the growth in the district and the neighborhoods in the district and all that because, by then, he had gone into the leadership and was focusing a lot of his energies on the leadership."

"Civil rights and human rights are intertwined,"

"a strong and loud and constant voice for life."

"Calling her a humble leader and a faithful friend, the archbishop said Boggs believed in the darkest moments in life, God loved her and led her. She placed her life in the hands of a loving God."

"She’s the only widow I know who is really qualified—damn qualified—to take over."

"Lindy lived her faith and was guided by this faith in her family, life in Congress and all her political life,"

"She was a strong and loud and constant voice for life, calling on the equality of women in the workplace and in the community"

"The one clear message that came out of all the remembrances of Lindy was not just what she did but how she did it. This was a righteous woman. She was tough. She was smart. She was shrewd. She was persistent, but she was also gracious ... loving and kind, and she was patient."