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

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'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.

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.

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

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.