I wished the president [Barack Obama] were more "Martin Luther King-like."

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)

To be human you must bear witness to justice.

Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that.

It takes unbelievable spiritual courage, moral fortitude, to engage in militant nonviolence.

Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.

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.