There Is Little Place In The Political

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 Would Think, That Our Society Is Not Yet Either Just Or Free.

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.

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

Most Americans Have Never Seen The Ignorance, Degradation, Hunger, Sickness, And Futility In Which Many Other Americans Live...they Won't Become Involved In Economic Or Political Change Until Something Brings The Seriousness Of The Situation Home To Them.

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.