Rhetoric Never Won A Revolution Yet.

The Constitution They Wrote Was Designed To Protect The Rights Of White, Male Citizens. As There Were No Black Founding Fathers, There Were No Founding Mothers - A Great Pity, On Both Counts. It Is Not Too Late To Complete The Work They Left Undone. Today, Here, We Should Start To Do So.

I Love America Not For What She Is, But For What She Can Become.

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

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.

... All Americans Are The Prisoners Of Racial Prejudice.