The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.

If, in [Federal Housing Administration] application, black folks were excluded from it, then you have to override that by going after those discriminatory practices.

There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.

FDR, JFK, LBJ [all Democratic presidents ] we have a pretty long list of presidents who maybe were not entirely forthcoming with intelligence information before they went to war, so I'd be cautious against making legal cases against the administration.

You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

Healthcare system is broken without lifetime employment.

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs.