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When I Die, I Want To Be Remembered As A Woman Who Lived In The Twentieth Century And Who Dared To Be A Catalyst Of Change. I Don't Want To Be Remembered As The First Black Woman Who Went To Congress. And I Don't Even Want To Be Remembered As The First Woman Who Happened To Be Black To Make A Bid For The Presidency I Want To Be Remembered As A Woman Who Fought For Change In The Twentieth Century. That's What I Want.

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.

I Was Well On The Way To Forming My Present Attitude Toward Politics As It Is Practiced In The United States; It Is A Beautiful Fraud That Has Been Imposed On The People For Years, Whose Practitioners Exchange Gelded Promises For The Most Valuable Thing Their Victims Own: Their Votes. And Who Benefits The Most? The Lawyers.

At Present, Our Country Needs Women's Idealism And Determination, Perhaps More In Politics Than Anywhere Else.

I Was The First American Citizen To Be Elected To Congress In Spite Of The Double Drawbacks Of Being Female And Having Skin Darkened By Melanin. When You Put It That Way, It Sounds Like A Foolish Reason For Fame. In A Just And Free Society It Would Be Foolish. That I Am A National Figure Because I Was The First Person In 192 Years To Be At Once A Congressman, Black And A Woman Proves, I Think, That Our Society Is Not Yet Either Just Or Free.