It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be - and so people here can coexist and live together.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums.

You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.