Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.

Love is happiness of the spirit.

...there are natural consequences for not taking care of our bodies.

Give a boy a dog and you've furnished him a playmate.

Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

I am half-Jewish, and yet really hadn't been brought up within the Jewish faith. So I had felt culturally Jewish, if that's possible, without really understanding it.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.

On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!