"Nobody can do it for you. You have to do it yourself."

"There were a lot of times when we didn't have much to eat. We had to do without a lot of things. But we never gave up hope."

"As I look back on that day, it is clear that it was a day when the hand of God was upon me."

"The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became."

"The time had come for someone to take a stand, and I decided that I would be that someone."