Sensible people have got to work together.

I heard of Martin Luther King Jr. when I was 15 years old. I heard of Rosa Parks. And I met Dr. King in 1958 at the age of 18. I met Rosa Parks ... But to pick up a fun comic book - some people used to call them "funny books" - to pick this little book up, it sold for 10 cents, 12 pages or 14 pages? 14 pages I digested. And it inspired me. And I said to myself, "If the people of Montgomery can do this, maybe I can do something. Maybe I can make a contribution."

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

Today, we have come a distance. We have made a lot of progress. That cannot be denied. You cannot dispute the fact that our country is so different from 50 years ago. But we still have problems. There are too many people that have been left out and left behind, and they are African American, they are White, Latino, Asian American, and Native American.

I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.

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

It's going to be very difficult. I don't see the president-elect [Donald Trump] as a legitimate president.