Rhetoric Never Won A Revolution

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...

I Have Never Cared Too Much What People Say. What I Am Interested In Is What They Do.

It Is Not Heroin Or Cocaine That Makes One An Addict, It Is The Need To Escape From A Harsh Reality. There Are More Television Addicts, More Baseball And Football Addicts, More Movie Addicts, And Certainly More Alcohol Addicts In This Country Than There Are Narcotics Addicts.

We Have Been So Patient And Loyal ... And What Has It Gotten Us? We Want Our Full Share Now.

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.