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

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

The wiping out of millions of homes took away Black and Brown wealth. It drove poverty, it drove unemployment, it drove people to food stamps.