Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.

As much as possible, I put my family first.

Contrary to what everyone thinks, in my family, we didn't talk about politics at home.

I did want a boy child because I had this romantic idea that a boy child when he's 16 takes his mother out for dinner.

I have for many years interested myself in the study of children from three years upwards. Many have urged me to continue my studies on the same lines with older children. But what I have felt to be most vital is the need for more careful and particularized study of the tiny child.