Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.

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I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same...

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same...

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two...

The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality,...

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality,...

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need...

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need...

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a...

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere...

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education...

All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education...

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard...

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard...

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and...

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...