You look at the Pyramids. They're not one fraction of an inch off in terms of their alignment. They were built without a bonding agent.

My mother really held the family together. She was a perfect example of the kind of black woman I would love to see again. She ruled my father with an iron hand, yet she barely ever raised her voice above a whisper.

We're all in a test. With or without God, we're in a test.

If we don't unite, chances are we will go back into slavery.

Some of us say, "Lord knows how much I can bear". I think you can assume that you can bear more than you have a right to bear.

If God is love, then God has no stepchildren to love.

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.