We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer.

[Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.

God, please help us remember that all the darkness in the world cannot snuff out the light of one little candle. Help us to keep lighting our little candles until a mighty torch of justice sweeps our nation and the world.

Every day I wear my Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth medallions around my neck. When I think I'm having a bad day, I try to think about their day, and I get up.

Let all children come unto me.

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

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