We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.

You cannot believe in peace at home and not believe in international peace. A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists, and drain as much as 200 billion taxpayer dollars, which should be invested in human development here in America.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

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

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.