I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a black man there commands the attention of the world for months? That ain't my world.

White folks are the luckiest people: Finally a black president and he's a behaved one. Went to the best schools, best colleges, never raises his voice. I ran for president in 1968. I tell (audiences) if I won, I would have dug up the Rose Garden and planted watermelon!

I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is most folk really don’t have choices.

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.

At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.