Perish the infamous doctrine that man can have property in man. Let us resent with indignation every effort to put a chain upon our minds.

Our men and women in uniform make enough sacrifices for our country. Their credit rating should not be one of those sacrifices.

Nepotism exists everywhere.

The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested.

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

We have got to move away from the concept of race and color because that is what apartheid is. We cannot end apartheid if we retain these concepts.

A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.

Things like putting around a list and having your name on a list that objectifies you, that's a big deal, and it can have big consequences.

Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.

If it doesn't reach the last poor man, your constitution is wrong.

Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite...

The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.

When we lift women up, our communities thrive.

Racism is real in this country.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.

To me, one of the big silver linings of the Simpson trial is the advances we've made in understanding domestic violence as a lethal problem. Before that trial, I think there was a widespread sense...

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

The 'American Idol' and 'X Factor' shows, they're great shows. But I think I need to make a show like that, directed straight to the hood, to the artists that don't get the attention, that don't have...

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve...

I've certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity - definitely a thicker understanding.

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man's wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education.

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional...

Because the truth is, today's immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just about impossible to fill.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge we must produce educated people.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.