Rhetoric Never Won A Revolution Yet.

Defeat Should Not Be The Source Of Discouragement, But A Stimulus To Keep Plotting.

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.

Our Representative Democracy Is Not Working Because The Congress That Is Supposed To Represent The Voters Does Not Respond To Their Needs. I Believe The Chief Reason For This Is That It Is Ruled By A Small Group Of Old Men.

My God, What Do We Want? What Does Any Human Being Want?

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.