I Don’t Measure America By Its Achievement

Any Time Things Appear To Be Going Better, You Have Overlooked Something.

We Have Been So Patient And Loyal ... And What Has It Gotten Us? We Want Our Full Share Now.

Of My Two `handicaps,' Being Female Put More Obstacles In My Path Than Being Black.

When The Kerner Commission Told White America What Black America Has Always Known, That Prejudice And Hatred Built The Nation’s Slums, Maintains Them And Profits By Them, White America Could Not Believe It. But It Is True. Unless We Start To Fight And Defeat The Enemies In Our Own Country, Poverty And Racism, And Make Our Talk Of Equality And Opportunity Ring True, We Are Exposed In The Eyes Of The World As Hypocrites When We Talk About Making People Free - (chapter 9).

You Don't Make Progress By Standing On The Sidelines, Whimpering And Complaining. You Make Progress By Implementing Ideas.