Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.

God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges.

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

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.