A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.
John H. McWhorterI think even in today's America, there's a sense that there's something vaguely sexy about cigarettes.
John H. McWhorterNo longer can we measure compassion by how much we spend on poverty but how many people we help to lift out of poverty.
John H. McWhorterFrankly, Barack Obama is a standard issue leftist that you would expect of somebody with his particular experience, and he doesn't exactly hide it.
John H. McWhorterBarack Obama's said some very nice things and he says them well. But if you ask me, the reason that we're looking at somebody who is such an inexperienced senator, who has said some very pleasant but not especially sterling or innovative things, the reason that he's considered such a big deal is simply because he's black.
John H. McWhorter