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

Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.

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

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

I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia. This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope. Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.