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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 - March 26, 2011) was an American politician, United States Representative, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and 1984 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee alongside former Vice President Walter Mondale, losing to the incumbent Republican ticket of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush.

Quotes

• I am absolutely thrilled.
  • Ferraro upon being informed she would be Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 election.

• The daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.
  • Ferraro speaking at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.

• Let me just say first of all, that I almost resent, Vice President Bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy.
  • Ferraro debating Vice President George H. W. Bush at the 1984 vice presidential debates.

• More than once I have sat down and said to myself, oh, God, I wish I had never gone through with it ... I think the candidacy opened a door for women in national politics, and I don't regret that for one minute. I'm proud of that. But I just wish it could have been done in a different way.
  • Ferraro being interviewed in 1987 and reflecting on her vice presidential candidacy.

• And then there's the ethnic slur, that I am somehow or other connected to organized crime. There's lots of innuendo but no proof. However, it is made plausible because of the fact that I am an Italian-American. This tactic comes from the poisoned well of fear and stereotype, of hate against Jews or Catholics or people of color or any group that's different. My opponents have tried to turn me into an evil figure from the shadows, I have answered every allegation. But in the end, I know of no other way to respond than to look you in the eye and swear to you that I have never been involved with organized crime.
  • Ferraro defending herself against allegations in the final 1992 New York Senate Primary Debates.

• Let us do what we were sent here to do—decide important questions of human rights on their merits, not avoid them.
  • Ferraro in 1994, in her position as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding preventing China from blocking a motion criticizing its human rights record.

• If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.
  • Ferraro criticizing Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries in an interview by The Daily Breeze.

• It's great to be the first, but I don't want to be the only. And so now it is wonderful to see a woman on a national ticket.
  • Ferraro speaking about Sarah Palin becoming the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee.

• Every time a woman runs, women win.
  • Ferraro as quoted by Newsweek.

Quotes about Ferraro

• She's too bitchy. She's very arrogant. Humility isn't one of her strong points and I think that comes through.
  • Peter Teeley, Vice President Bush's press secretary talking about Ferraro while speaking to Bush prior to the Vice Presidential debates.

• If Ms. Ferraro's rise was meteoric, her political career's denouement was protracted, often agonizing and, at first glance, baffling.
  • The New York Times on Ferraro's 1998 senate loss.

• This woman has probably been more of an opinion maker than most people sitting for six terms straight in the House of Representatives or Senate. Her attempts, and even her losses, have accomplished far beyond what others have accomplished by winning.
  • Anita Perez Ferguson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus speaking of Ferraro.