The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Your house is your first small business. It's where your investment is and [where] our greatest asset is.

[I]t's an honor to be a food stamp president. Food stamps feed the hungry. Food stamps save the children. Food stamps help the farmer. Food stamps help the truck driver. Food stamps help the warehouse. Food stamps help the store. Food stamps hire people and feed people. Food stamps save people from starvation and malnutrition. ... Give President Barack Obama a big hand. Show your love. Show your appreciation.

The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.