I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.
Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.
Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.
So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.
I'm against abortion.
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.