I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.

Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.

I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.