Mary Berry Quotations

What historians will look at is her contributions in these other things. Historians will understand and explore the full dimensions and not just the perfectly made up, dignified widow.

What historians will do is not focus on her role as the wife of Martin ... or that she carried on his legacy. They will focus on how she managed to be the leader of institutions and movements by her own right. And not just in organizing the King Center.

What we want to find out is how do you get police officers like Officer Volpe on a police department in the first place.

Key officials anticipated on Election Day that there would be an increase in levels of voter turnout based upon new voter registration figures, but did not ensure that the precincts in all counties received the resources to meet their needs,

Stereotyped by the media, ignored by politicians, young poor black males face almost insurmountable obstacles to fulfilling the American dream,

Voting is the language of our democracy, ... And, regrettably, when it mattered most on Election Day, real people lost real opportunities to speak truth to power at the ballot box. This must never occur again if we can do anything to stop it.

Voting in Florida is like there's some kind of goody in a box and you want to get it, but you've got to be persistent to get it,

What led me to believe that hearings are necessary, ... is the broad array of complaints, which is almost mind-boggling, that have occurred in the Florida election -- such things as voting machines (and) disparate treatment as to who had what voting equipment.

They already feel mistreated. By calling them refugees, I think, makes them feel less American.

The (state) constitution gives the overall authority for elections like everything else to the governor,

Racial tensions are a major problem in the states in which the (church) burnings took place,

It's going to be impossible to defeat him unless he turns out to be an ax murderer and there's been no evidence of that presented, ... It's up to the civil rights groups to make the best case they can make.

Then we can say at least the civil rights community tried to alert you.

Everywhere, African-Americans were stopped far out of their proportion in any of the communities policed, ... So were Hispanics, but at somewhat reduced levels.

The city of New York must maintain a world-class police force that provides protection against illegal activities, including civil rights violations by its own officers, for all of its diverse populations,