The voter problems and voter suppression, in some ways they're the same thing, but in some ways they're not, because the suppression is evil.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up.

I thought [first girlfriend] was trying to make a fool out of me. Then I found out that she wasn't, and we went out. That's a very good example of how little confidence I had.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

What you do today determines who you will be tomorrow.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

It's cool to have it when your money is working for you.

I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.

I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.