When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.

What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.

No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

When we take out school psychologists, truant officers, counselors, art, music, and athletics, and bring in the police, the school gets turned into a feeder system for the penal system.