At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

At the end of the day, we’re defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.

I’m not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

I want to make America better!

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and...

Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that’s not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have...

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn’t enough. The absence of noise isn’t the presence of justice – and we must demand justice...

Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their...

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

We must all learn a good lesson – how to live together.

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

If the American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation’s capital just as well.

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out....

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.

In many ways Africa subsidised America and Europe’s development.

The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.

Watch the walls come down, whether it’s in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the...

For me, Barack Obama’s election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a...

People always grow and mature.

There’s a full-court press to put down an uprising around Ferguson, but no preparation for lifting up the people there.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as ‘I Have a Dream’ speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It...

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don’t know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know...

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people’s home lives, domestic stuff.

So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Those companies that don’t see the black and brown communities are missing, out of their closed eye, talent, which leads to money and growth. When baseball, football and basketball couldn’t see the field, they missed...

I remember being taught my place.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

In tough economic times, desperate people do desperate things, and the abortion rate goes up.

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

Fighting disparities is very significant.

While I’ve spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it’s not been enough.

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition,...