Overall, my life has been one of survival and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.

I have a huge issue with blackface.

It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

You gotta look backwards to go forwards.

An ounce of faith can overcome a ton of fear.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.

There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.

I'm so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they're really not that bad.

Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone

Even today you can look through almost any consumer or professional publication and find headlines that possess not a single one of the necessary qualities, such as self-interest, news, or curiosity.

Mary's role is to make Her Son Shine