We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

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 are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

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

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit