Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

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

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