There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was among them. It's always these ordinary women and men of grace who have been waiting and seething and planning to change things that are unjust that bring movement.

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was among them. It's always these ordinary women and men of grace who have been waiting and seething and planning to change things that are unjust that bring movement.

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.