Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an insistence on mother taking care of children and housework.

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.