I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system

I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.