In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.

The US must be the honest broker between the Israelis and the Palestinians. America needs to be to both of them what neither could be to the other: a trusted brokering partner. It is in their interest and our interest for America to play that role.

My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.

Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness.

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote.