I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Let go of all the pain. Embrace the joy of life.

There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher." - Malcolm Fade

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

One source of the sublime is infinity.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I hate being thought of as a product.

The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t songs to kids.

Jordie Bellaire knows how to tell a story with color.

I looked through a lens and ended up abandoning everything else.