The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.

I must oppose the use of federal funds for a policy of killing infants.

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

I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

His [Donald Trump] urban policy is stop and frisk, law and order. And we need investment and development.