I had to get a second passport in a hurry.

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.

If I wanted to develop a scenario to destroy America, I would do what the Republicans are doing. Take the brightest and best young black men off the streets, put them in jail, make them meaner than hell for 8 or 10 years and then turn them lose in a society where there are plenty of guns for them to play with.

I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read.

If all I get is a little controversy for speaking the truth, if I did less, I would not be worth living.

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.