“We need to show the world that Black lives not only matter, but are valued, loved, supported, and celebrated.”

A mental health crises should not end in death.

The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans – whether you voted for me or not.

Every vote must be counted.

Vote like our future depends on it. Because it does.

We need to continue to practice social-distancing and mask-wearing to get the virus under control.

Together, you and I can prove that light is stronger than darkness.

Enough is enough. We need a president who will bring us together – not tear us further apart.

We must build back better than ever before.

Fear never builds the future – hope does.

The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans – whether you voted for me or not.

Every vote must be counted.

Vote like our future depends on it. Because it does.

We need to continue to practice social-distancing and mask-wearing to get the virus under control.

Together, you and I can prove that light is stronger than darkness.

Enough is enough. We need a president who will bring us together – not tear us further apart.

We must build back better than ever before.

If you destroy a free market you create a black market.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.

My faith has always taught me that all people deserve to be treated equally.

The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.

Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.

The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.