We must know the difference between sweat and tears. Sweat is wet. Tears are wet. Sweat is salty. Tears are salty. But progress comes through sweat. Progress never came through tears.

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

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

You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don't stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream of peace. Peace is rational and reasonable. War is irrational in this age and unwinnable.

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.

My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.

Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness.