Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance.

Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon.

Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.

Money is not our primary aim. Changing the behavior and the practice of the gun industry is.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.

What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law.

You will only be great at the things you love to do.Don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

I think that is the very definition of a family: a group of individuals, bound by the essence of love, who share a life together and yet maintain their unique individuality.

We were all of us alone, kept wrapped up tight by our sins.

A healthy outside starts from the inside.

A throne is God's purpose for you; a cross is God's path for you; faith is God's plan for you.

You are something that the whole world is doing just as when the sea has waves on it.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death.

I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.