Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support will plant a small seed of hope.

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.

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

This act will leave a moral blot on his presidency

The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.