When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

This man [ Donald Trump] won in an electoral landslide.

I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.