I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

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

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

I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

I just released an op-ed in the "Washington Post" that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card, a picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.

But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.