The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves.

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

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

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

Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.