As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

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.

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

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

I am and always will be a catalyst for change.

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