Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry.

If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.'

I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

This book [March], in my estimation, is a road map. It is a change agent. It is saying to people, "This is a way".

Do I think Russians supported [Donald Trump]? Do I think they tried to get him elected? Do I think it worked against Clinton? I do. And that is something that has to be investigated.

I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.