I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination.

I am in the valley of prayer on the issue of gay marriage, and I will err on the side of inclusiveness and not exclusion. I'm going to follow Jesus and say, Whosoever will, let them come. And I'm going to extend rights to all of God's children and if I am wrong, God will have to judge me.

If you don't know where you come from, it's difficult to determine where you are.- It's even more difficult to plan where you are going.

Public policy today is favoring the rich, not the poor. It's not addressing the needs of the poor.

If you don't know where you come from, then you want know when you'er being taken back.

Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They said she was tired from working and perhaps she was - but she herself said later that she was spiritually tired and weary of being humiliated by being asked to move back so that a white person could occupy her seat.

I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination.