Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
463
AUTHOR:
Patricia Roberts Harris, US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
QUOTATION:
Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I am. I am a black woman, the daughter of a dining-car worker … If my life has any meaning at all, it is that those who start out as outcasts can wind up as being part of the system.
ATTRIBUTION:
Reply to Senator William Proxmire when asked if she would be able to defend the interests of the poor, Newsweek 24 Jan 77
SUBJECTS:
The World: Politics & Government: Officials & Other Personages
