Interrogate yours hidden assumptions

When black America is on the move, America is on the move.

The interesting thing for me is, if that had been a left-wing person raising questions, [President Obama] probably would have expressed his anger. Because Obama really does get upset about progressives.

I love the academy in terms of the life of the mind and the world of ideas. I also love the streets. I love the churches and mosques and synagogues. I love the trade union centers. I love the community centers. I speak regularly at prisons and so forth.

We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.

We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.

If you can't have a good time and smile and relate to people across race and class, then the success that you have ultimately is just sounding brass and tinkling symbol.