One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

My wife and I went to jail in Selma. The difference when I was back there recently? White folks? No. Black folks who were not scared. I was behind the president this time. When I was a little boy and ran around with trifling dudes, I was the only one scared of dogs. And I was bitten 14 times! Dogs smell scared. And that's the same thing with people: 50 years ago they smelled fear. There was no fear this time.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human.

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.

When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!

The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man.