We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

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

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

Audiences feel no hatred from me. Because I'm not bitter.

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.