I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.

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

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.

The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers - a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so.

Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater number whose instinct is to make a deal before they make a decision.