I want to be remembered as one who tried.

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

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.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

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.

I want to be remembered as one who tried.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.