I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

In the life of the spirit there is no ending that is not a beginning.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim’s advocate’s statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it’s far too many.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.

Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy.

Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century...

I’m not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on...

Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

You know, I’ve been told that by some of the writers in the generation above me: You’ll be able to write when you’ve found a voice.

I’ve talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it’s an important issue whether it’s going up...

To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar’s view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage – a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

Who is the wise man? He who sees what’s going to be born.

The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won’t tolerate this violence and...

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people....

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

The backseat produced the sexual revolution.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

One week before Pitfall! was to be released, I only gave you one life to play the whole game. I was experimenting with that concept as sort of the ultimate challenge.

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.

Burroughs was a very political writer.

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The way to be a man if you’re a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

You’ll be free or die!

The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.

Bush’s choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.