America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

The only justification we have to look down on someone is because we are about to pick him up.

His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.

You can't plant a seed and pick the fruit the next morning.

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.