Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.

Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.

If you wear a hoodie but aren't registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy.

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

The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.