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

You deal with their balance over the long run.

The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.

President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.

We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.

I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.

America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.

A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.

There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.

This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.

I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.

We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.

We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.

My wrists are crooked and don’t go all the way back. I’ve been practicing and working on them. You can’t do everything good.

Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue.

I mean just out and out crooks. And the next generation had a little more finesse. But I mean those first wave of people, you know, definitely would take all your money, no doubt about it.

The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks,

A swindler (or crook) of higher condition is more blameworthy than a vulgar scoundrel.

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.