Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

The charges that I am anti-Semitic are simply erroneous, felonious, and unceremonious. In fact, when I need a doctor, I always look for one with a Jewish name.

I'm a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower, really the colonial power.

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.

In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.