I would never teach a child of mine to be kind to a cop who would shoot you in the back of the head. I would never have that conversation because children don't hear what you mean, they hear what you say.

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.

Once we used to have to crank up our cars, now you can pop it on from inside your house. Everything has changed except how we get freedom.

I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.

Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.

It's cool to be healthy.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.