It's interesting to me that killing damages the image of God when it's done by a person, but it doesn't damage it when it's done by the state.

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.

I'm neither Democrat nor Republican. I'm Methodist. I have grievances with both parties.

We've got nearly 50 million people in America with no health insurance. That's a weapon of mass destruction.

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

I don't absolve the Democrats of their lack of commitment to deal with poverty. But nowadays we're witnessing the widening of the gap. There's something wrong when a handful of people have more than they'll ever need while millions of people have less than they always need.

By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly legacy of slavery-teaching our children that some lives are inherently less precious than others.