Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts.

I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people...

I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.