On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

Surrender had played out for good with me.

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.

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

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

It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.