Mary Frances Berry

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.