“Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.”

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.

I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.

I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.

People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.

I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.

I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.

But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,

I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

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

It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

I am in hell already. I am in Israel.

There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.

We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.

James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.

I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.

Friend, you cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.

The loner – it can have a real impact on the art when they realize, I have friends, I’m married, or I have kids. That’s certainly happened to me.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend.

And when the other half get the idea it does no good to work because somebody’s going to get what I work for. That, dear friend, is about the end of any nation.

When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.

The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.

Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.

And when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.