[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.

I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.

I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.

To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit.