When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want.

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

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

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

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

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

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