People need their history like they need air and food.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.

I've always thought I had pretty good instincts for people. There is a short list of people I've worked with over my career with whom I've not been able to distinguish easily between the public persona and the real private person.

Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.

The whole future of America's black community is at risk. One out of every three young black men in Washington, D.C., is under one arm or the other of the criminal justice system. These are the continuing consequences of slavery.

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around.