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

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

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

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

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

I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people...