I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.

So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.