There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

The fact is in a city like Chicago, for example, unemployment in the black community is around 20 percent for adults, 35 percent for youth, they bail out the banks, public schools, there is a deep divide. We need a plan for reconstruction and redevelopment and I hope that - police are the gatekeepers but behind that gate are these problems of disparities and injustice.

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

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.

A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got.

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.