Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.

My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.

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

We have never seen health as a right. It has been conceived as a privilege, available only to those who can afford it. This is the real reason the American health care system is in such a scandalous state.

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

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.

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