The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.
Jeremiah WrightYou should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what I believe, but I live in community - in a city, state, nation, and world - with people who don't believe what I believe. That doesn't make them defective or inferior.
Jeremiah WrightBarack Obama says what he has to say as a politician. I say what I have to say as a pastor. But they're two different worlds.
Jeremiah WrightIt gets to be a problem when I decide one position should be the law for everybody. In public life, we [people] have to find a way to live together even though we disagree - and some things we will never agree on. But we've got to leave this I'm-going-to-kill-you-because-you-don't-believe-what-I-believe attitude behind.
Jeremiah Wright