That I Am A National Figure Because

America Has The Laws And The Material Resources It Takes To Insure Justice For All Its People. What It Lacks Is The Heart, The Humanity.

As A Black Person I Am No Stranger To Prejudice. But The Truth Is That In The Political World I Have Been Far More Often Discriminated Against Because I Am A Woman Than Because I Am Black.

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.

Don't List To Those Who Say You Can't. Listen To The Voice Inside Yourself That Says, I Can.

I Am Not Antiwhite, Because I Understand That White People, Like Black Ones, Are Victims Of A Racist Society. They Are Products Of Their Time And Place.