“If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.”

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.

Killing a cop just because he’s a cop, that’ll happen. And that should happen. And there’s nothing inhuman about it at all. It’s survival. It’s the most human thing in the world.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.

I’m a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that’s how I am. I’m true.

I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.

I’ll buy metaphor, but simile’s a cop-out used by scaredycats who won’t commit to anything. Simile’s for cowards.

It’s a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can’t.

Dopers become convinced they’ve hidden their stash so well a cop won’t find it. They’re always wrong.

I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.