Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.

To stand still is to regress.

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.

My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.