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

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

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

I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.