King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.

It is necessary to understand that the next person is just as important as you are on this earth. So no one should undermine others based on their current circumstances.

Hunger justifies the middle classes.

Every woman should marry - and no man.

Well God is certainly getting an earful tonight.

Love at first sight is easy to understand it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."]

When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no reason for it, only risks remain.

If you change your thoughts you can change your actions.