When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries.
Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.
I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.
I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country.