Quotes on Black America

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Hate is too great a burden to bear.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people...

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.