It's the new slavery. It came out of the drug laws and it really is something we're going to have to confront, but I don't see enough people up in arms about that. We need to be.

Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.

Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

I need to work outside government, on my own.