Anita Hill Quotes

I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977.

The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before.

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.

I became the messenger who had to be killed.

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.

I see myself as an educator.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common ... The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.

It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.

Calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.