I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.

One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she is anti-male; they even whisper that she's probably a lesbian.

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

Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.