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

I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.

When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.

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.

It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

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