That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.

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.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

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

To label family planning and legal abortion programs "genocide" is male rhetoric, for male ears.

That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.

We have been so patient and loyal ... and what has it gotten us? We want our full share now.