Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real.

I think in the end, you know, we're just addicted to oil. We've got to overcome that addiction, and we need some serious accountability of big oil, because big oil, like so much of big businesses, has just colonized our government, colonized the regulatory agencies so we can't impose any kind of accountability on them.

I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black person to hold our president accountable for his actions.

Martin Luther King was an extremist of love.

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.

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

He who learns death unlearns slavery.