I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

What's good for the very rich might not be good for anybody but them.

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

The question becomes what kind of coalition can we build that will make a transition and empower the people of Iraq? The American soldiers' presence there is an act of provocation. There's a big red ball on the back of every American soldier in that country, so our being there contributes to the crisis, it does not resolve the crisis.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

The wiping out of millions of homes took away Black and Brown wealth. It drove poverty, it drove unemployment, it drove people to food stamps.