Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

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

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.

Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.