If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.