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I Love America Not For What She Is, But For What She Can Become.

Women Must Become Revolutionary. This Cannot Be Evolution But Revolution.

That I Am A National Figure Because I Was The First Person In 192 Years To Be At Once A Congressman, Black, And A Woman Proves, I Would Think, That Our Society Is Not Yet Either Just Or Free.

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...

As A Black Person I Am No Stranger To Prejudice. But The Truth Is That In The Political World I Have Been Far More Often Discriminated Against Because I Am A Woman Than Because I Am Black.