[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Behind the shadows there lies defeat

The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake.

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth.

Words and music together create powerful, powerful things.

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind- As if my Brain had split- I tried to match it- Seam by Seam- But could not make it fit.

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe me, it's easy.

the realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful.

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.