When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.

When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.

I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people, and I should stick to the issue of racial justice.

We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.

Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.