A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Context shapes who you are.

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.

Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

When you think of 244 years of slavery and 81 years of that finally you are going to be allowed to be part of the pool from which people choose jobs. That's not a substantive kind of move, but it was very important.

There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things.