You can achieve much in life if you don't mind doing the work and giving someone else the credit.

I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.

We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.