I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.