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

I want to make America better!

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.

Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums.

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.