Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it—and gets through it quicker. Whenever I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

The economy is most important. It is off track.

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

We cannot excuse the fact that he [Donald Trump] is running for president. He's a frontrunner.

There's no question that Donald Trump has had ample opportunity to distance himself from the kind of racist language that comes from some of his supporters.