The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult.

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.

The single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.

Religions differ only in the form

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

My first line of defense against reality is called sleep.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter.

He is the Baltimore Ravens. He's their franchise.

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

You're always remembering songs you wanna sing except when you're actually at karaoke.