We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan, and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

The ground is no place for a champion. The ground is no place that I will wallow on.

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

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

I am - Somebody. I may be poor, but I am - Somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am - Somebody! I may be uneducated, but I am - Somebody! I must be, I'm God's child. I must be respected and protected. I am black and I am beautiful! I am - Somebody! Soul Power!

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.