At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric of a nation, that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience? What kind of a person and what kind of a society will we have twenty years hence if life can be taken so casually? It is that question, the question of our attitude, our value system, and our mind-set with regard to the nature and worth of life itself that is the central question confronting mankind. Failure to answer that question affirmatively may leave us with a hell right here on earth.

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

The Black public sector middle class teachers, policeman, firemen, and post office workers, those jobs have been on the decline but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in the private sector. What is especially painful is government policy bailed out the banks without making them make reinvestments for rebuilding. The result is 53-million Americans are food insecure, 50-million Americans are in poverty, 44 million are on food stamps, 26 million are looking for a job.

We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.