"My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom."

"You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now."

"Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education."

"We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

"A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect."

"Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios."

"No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldn't sell me as Joyce Penelope Willomena Frankenburger."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."