No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.

In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.

What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

There is a sense in which the United States Ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat, rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.