Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.

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.

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

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.

I never got into politics for it to be a career.