Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.

Don't be afraid of hard work.

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents.

Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.