“A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.”

Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.

When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.

The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.

I’ve seen too much in life to give up.

People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.

Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.

I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.

The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.

A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.

Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.

On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

There are civil rights aspects and there are limits to what we can do.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.

Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.

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

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.

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.