What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved.

You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression.

How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society?

My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting.

If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.

Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

I suppose I experienced the personal dilemma that baffles every working woman. What happens when you are expected to be Superwoman, to perform a dozen conflicting tasks at the same time?

Like Gandhi, my husband had struggled with the issue of materialism.

I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected.

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.

I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party.

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.

During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine.

In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority.

Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.