In Trying To Make A Big Difference,

God, Please Help Us Remember That All The Darkness In The World Cannot Snuff Out The Light Of One Little Candle. Help Us To Keep Lighting Our Little Candles Until A Mighty Torch Of Justice Sweeps Our Nation And The World.

To All Those Mothers And Fathers Who Are Struggling With Teen-agers, I Say, Just Be Patient: Even Though It Looks Like You Can't Do Anything Right For A Number Of Years, Parents Become Popular Again When Kids Reach 20.

When I Started Out As An Activist, The Issues Were Much Clearer. There's Advantage To The New Media, But On The Other Hand, You Miss The Ability To Frame An Issue That You Had When There Were Just Three Tv Networks: Cbs, Nbc, And Abc. So The Whole World Could See The Same Police Dogs. The Same Bull Connor And His White Tank. Now You've Got Narrow-casting. The Media Is All Fragmented. It's So Hard To Get People To Focus In A Sustained Way.

No One, Eleanor Roosevelt Said, Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent. Never Give It.

When I Fight About What Is Going On In The Neighborhood, Or When I Fight About What Is Happening To Other People’s Children, I’m Doing That Because I Want To Leave A Community And A World That Is Better Than The One I Found.