We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

The charges that I am anti-Semitic are simply erroneous, felonious, and unceremonious. In fact, when I need a doctor, I always look for one with a Jewish name.

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.