I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

I can connect with peoples' pain because I was 'po' before I was 'poor'.

When they ask me who's the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. Do you know? And then I'm going to say how's that going to create one job?

I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

All of the major accomplishments that I have made in my career have been in many instances against the odds.

When all else fails the liberals call you names or attack your personality.

Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America.