I Have Never Cared Too Much What

I’d Like Them To Say That Shirley Chisholm Had Guts. That’s How I’d Like To Be Remembered.

My God, What Do We Want? What Does Any Human Being Want? Take Away An Accident Of Pigmentation Of A Thin Layer Of Our Outer Skin And There Is No Difference Between Me And Anyone Else. All We Want Is For That Trivial Difference To Make No Difference.

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.

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.

I Don’t Measure America By Its Achievement But By Its Potential.