I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is the most important decision any President or any Senator must make, and it deserves vigorous debate

I'm not accusing anybody of being [Hitler].

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

I think that if you believe in regime change, you're mistaken. In 2013, we put 600 tons of weapons - us, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar - into the war against [Bashar] Assad. By pushing Assad back, we did create a safe space.

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives.

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with.