I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.

Others say that that's not good for the country [to resist Donald's Trump ] and that they should work with this new administration on policies.

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.

If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things.

It's cool now to play golf.

Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.

I am stoked for this. This is my favorite part of the entire show.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

That is enough to win a three-way presidential race. If young people understand they have the numbers and they have the power to come out and turn this election on its head.

One question you never want to ask God is, 'What's wrong with me - because He'll tell you.

All blues singers are great liars.

[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch.

That signal's come and gone a lot in my life-time, that prairie progressivism died . I think prairie progressivism is still there. Every once in a while, odd things take place.