I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.

John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.

We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.

I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.

We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.