We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.

I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

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

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.

We've got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.

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

It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.