One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district. The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.

White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.

We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.