The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail.

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that resistance. I took part in the labor movement, in social movements, in the church community. I felt that it was the honorable thing to do and still do.

We [Americans] move about the world arrogantly, calling wars when we want, overthrowing governments when we want. There is a price to be paid for it -- look at 9/11. [That] wasn't just bin Laden. Bin Laden didn't come from the abstract. He came from somewhere, and if you look where ... you'll see America's hand of villainy.

Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.

Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?