Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation.

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

Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.

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

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got