Race designation is a political designation.

It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. And in the end, faith will not disappoint. Faith, hope, and dreams will prevail... Our time has come. Our time has come. Our time has come.

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.

If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.