| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| 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 |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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