The only time you should look down at someone, is when you are helping them up.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear. Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.

You cannot teach what you don't know. You cannot give energy if you're not on fire on the inside.

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

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day. They raise other people's children. They work every day. They clean the streets. They work every day. They drive vans with cabs. They work every day. They change beds you slept in these hotels last night and can't get a union contract. They work every day . . .

You really need a renewed commitment for the direct investment of jobs at the bottom.