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

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.

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

Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.

Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight.

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.

We must give the American worker the first option of ownership.