The First Amendment means everything to me.

You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action

You could not be in the civil rights movement without having an appreciation for everybody's rights. That these rights are not divisible - not something men have and women don't and so on.

I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.

The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.