The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

There is no coloration to rights. Everybody has rights. I don't care who you are, where you come from. You got rights. I got rights. All God's children got rights.

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

It takes people who have a widespread series of experiences to develop future leaders. It takes people who aren't afraid to challenge and move forward.

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.