“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’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.

And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.

I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.

I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.

Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.

Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.

This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.

Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.

Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.

Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value.

Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree.

They have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.

I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.

I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.