A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

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

I was blessed to go abroad and bring Americans home from jail in Syria, and Iraq, and Cuba, and Yugoslavia, and Liberia, those are high moments of my life.

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.

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

I want to cut his nuts off.

Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.