We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.

The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

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.

has done a great job walking a thin line between revenge and remedy.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.