“You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.”

You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.

People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.

Never lose your hope, be optimistic.

We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.

Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.

Sensible people have got to work together.

Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.

When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.

There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.

The vote controls everything that you do.

Music is a universal language.

Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.

I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!

We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

What we call God’s justice is only man’s idea of what he would do if he were God.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

Democracy without God is mans worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence or humanism, where man becomes his own measure for morality, judgment, and justice.

Sometimes there is a difference in what is legal and what ought to be done.

Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.

Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn’t mean I’m anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.