There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.